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Emily Woods

Woman's sex harassment payout 'inadequate in extreme'

A Supreme Court judge says $10,000 damages awarded a woman for sexual harassment was derisory. (Mal Fairclough/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A woman's $10,000 payout for a sexual harassment claim against her boss who slapped her on the bottom and said it has "no meat" was inadequate in the extreme, a court has found.

The woman, who started working as a production manager for Gumboots Australia in August 2019, was sexually harassed by her manager six times between September 2019 and January 2020.

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