Irish woman wins £23,000 payout after boss repeatedly shouted 'potato' at her when she entered office

An Irish bookkeeper has won an employment tribunal against her boss after he repeatedly shouted “potato” at her. Bernadette Hayes, from Ossett, West Yorkshire, has been awarded £23 000 after a tribunal ruled she was racially harassed at work. From late 2023, over a six month period, Ms Hayes, then 55, faced the abuse from her English boss, Mick Atkins, whilst working at a civil engineering company in Leeds, the tribunal heard. Mr Atkins, the company director, would incessantly shout “potato” in