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.
Both cases considered here address section 14A. In the first ADJ-00002040, the adjudicator took positions relating to the consideration of reasonable cause for extension of time and the application of the defence which are departures from the normal approach adopted in such cases. The claim was defended but the adjudicator preferred the complainant’s evidence and awarded one year’s salary.
In the second, ADJ-00001718, the adjudicator upheld sexual harassment of the most offensive and flagrant nature. The claim was not defended and the award was €40,000.
1. ADJ-00002040
Issues: Race (nationality), harassment on the race ground, part-entitlement to defence in s14A, reasonable cause to extend time
The complainant alleged harassment on the race ground based on her Polish nationality. The
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