A Starbucks in south Dublin has been fined after a barista drew slanted eyes on a customer’s matcha tea latte in place of her name, according to a decision issued by a workplace tribunal this month.
A Dublin Starbucks outlet has been ordered to pay €12,000 compensation to an Irish customer with Thai heritage after an employee drew ‘slanty’ eyes on the woman’s matcha tea latte cup.
Starbucks outlet in Republic ordered to pay €12,000 compensation after it racially harassed customer A Starbucks outlet in the Republic has been ordered to pay €12,000 compensation after it was found to have racially harassed a customer Marie Louise McConville 19 January, 2021 15:27
A STARBUCKS outlet in the Republic has been ordered to pay €12,000 compensation after it was found to have racially harassed a customer.
In the case, it was found that an employee of a Starbucks at Tallaght had drawn, what was referred to at a hearing as `slanty eyes, on the cup of a woman with Thai heritage.
Kevin Baneham, a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, ordered Starbucks to pay Suchavadee Foley €12,000 after finding that she had been racially harassed under the Equal Status Act when attending the outlet on January 12, 2020.
A Dublin Starbucks outlet has been ordered to pay €12,000 compensation to an Irish customer with Thai heritage after an employee drew ‘slanty’ eyes on the woman’s matcha tea latte cup.
In the case, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Kevin Baneham has ordered Atercin Liffey Unlimited trading as Starbucks Tallaght pay Suchavadee Foley €12,000 after finding that Ms Foley was racially harassed under the Equal Status Act when attending the outlet on January 12th 2020.
In his findings, Mr Baneham stated that it is not disputed that a Starbucks employee drew an image of a smile and ‘slanty’ eyes on the cup as a way of marking it as Ms Foley’s cup.