Equality Decisions Review May 2016
Published on: 17/05/2016
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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. ADJ – 00000107 - This is the first review of an equality decision submitted since the establishment of the WRC being lodged on 8 October 2015. The case considers an interview process and the respondent’s apparently robust interview procedures won the day.

2. DEC-E2016-037 – Victimisation was the focus of this case in respect of treatment following the lodgement of a previous claim to the Equality Tribunal. The complainant was awarded €48,750 because of a delay of 4 years and 7 months in addressing the complainant’s grievance in circumstances where the respondent had explicitly stated the grievance was inextricably linked with the earlier claim.


1. ADJ-00000107 ⚓︎

Issues: Race ground (nationality)

The complainant is an Irish national who worked

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