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.
Bernadette Treanor writes:
Employment Equality Decisions Upheld in Whole or in Part
The first 5 cases upheld by the Equality tribunal this year are set out below. The amounts awarded are not high although one, relating to the first case considered, equates to 76 weeks’ salary. The first two cases relate to different aspects of treatment during the maternity period.
The first one relates to a discriminatory dismissal and includes an interesting extension of what allegations may be considered by the Equality Officer.
The second considers whether the role to which the complainant returned after the period of maternity leave was an equivalent role but considers this under two headings, discrimination and victimisation.
The third case also mentions maternity issues
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