Bernadette Treanor is the founder of Beo Solutions, an employee relations and engagement consultancy which provides best practice expert leadership and impartial organisational support in the areas of employee relations, employee engagement, workplace investigations, disciplinary hearings and mediation.
An expert in equality law, Bernadette provides Equality reviews and assessments, including assessments of cases being prepared. She is a Committee member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI) and CIPD member. She reviews equality Decisions issued by the Equality Tribunal for Legal Island monthly and chairs its annual Equality Conference aimed at equality practitioners.
Issues: Return from maternity leave, breastfeeding, harassment, victimisation, less favourable treatment, constructive dismissal
The complainant asserted she was treated less favourably at work from the point where she announced her pregnancy. She asserted she was targeted and bullied, and experienced a sudden and unwarranted change in the way members of management behaved towards her. Prior to her maternity leave, she was the subject of disciplinary action for an inappropriate comment and received a verbal warning. She felt the disciplinary action was excessive given the normal banter in the office.
She enquired about breastfeeding arrangements in the workplace and with the HR manager, prior to her maternity leave, took a tour of the building to identify a suitable room for her
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