Engaging Third Parties: Who is Responsible Under the Equal Status Acts?
Published on: 08/05/2024
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Aoife Brady Solicitor, A&L Goodbody LLP
Aoife Brady Solicitor, A&L Goodbody LLP
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Aoife regularly advises both domestic and international employers across a wide range of sectors. Her expertise encompasses all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law and industrial relations matters.

Aoife holds a Master of Science degree from the Smurfit Graduate Business School at University College Dublin (UCD) and a Bachelor of Civil Law International from University College Cork (UCC). Additionally, she has studied Civil Law at Univerzita Karlova in Prague, Czech Republic.

There has been a considerable amount of case law in recent years under the Equal Status Acts 2000 – 2021 (the Acts).  The Acts prohibit discrimination on the nine protected grounds in the provision of goods and services, the provision of accommodation, and in access to education.  This prohibition applies to the provision of services that are generally available to the public, whether provided by the state or the private sector.

Many businesses, particularly in the retail and hospitality sector, engage the services of third-party security agencies to provide a physical security presence in their premises. Security guards are often employed and paid by the security agency and are assigned by the agency to work from different client premises.

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