A FEMALE road construction worker who was subjected to shocking sexual harassment at a Melbourne construction company has been awarded more than $1.3 million in personal injury damages by the Victorian Supreme Court.
Employees and subcontractors at Winslow Constructors verbally abused Kate Mathews who endured shocking treatment between August 2008 and July 2010 while working at the Marriott Waters estate in Lyndhurst.
The mistreatment of Ms Matthews included being slapped on the bottom, shown pornographic material and asked: “Would you do this?”
She was also called “useless”, a “spastic” and a “bimbo” while co-workers also grabbed her and pretended to perform sex acts on her.
One worker also said: “Anything that bleeds once a month should be shot.”
The court heard an appalling litany of sexual insults and appalling conduct directed at Ms Mathews.
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