Following on from his hugely popular webinar, on 20th September 2023, Ciarán Ahern, Partner at McInnes Dunne Murphy LLP takes the time to answer your questions:

Catch up on the recording below:
https://www.legal-island.ie/articles/ire/resources/webinars/2023/september/diversity--inclusion-discrimination-case-law-review/

Question 1

The case of Daniel Asari v. XYZ Limited, seems like a blatant case of racial discrimination. Have you any idea's on why the maximum award of 15k wasn't given? Is there certain aggrevating/mitigating factors the WRC take account of? Surely if they are trying to deter this behaviour the book needs to be thrown at people who fall foul, especially when they deny any wrong-doing. 

Yes, I agree it seemed like platant discrimination. The AO indicated that they had reduced the award as