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.
1. The first case, a Decision of the Supreme Court relates to Judicial Review proceedings taken by Bisi Adigun against the Equality Tribunal. The Court did not uphold any of the points argued by Mr. Adigun. Indeed, had the Tribunal continued as sought by Mr. Adigun it would have been in “clear breach of its statutory remit”.
2. The second case, EDA 1517 finds that sections 16(3) and 16(4) provide a free-standing cause of action even where the employer does not claim the defence in 16(1) and accepts a decision not to amend the working hours of other workers when considering reasonable accommodation.
1. 2011/310JR, Bisi Adigun and The Equality Tribunal Issues:
Tribunal finding unreasonable and irrational, holding a preliminary
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