In February 2015, the Equality Tribunal held that it had no jurisdiction to hear a claim brought by an employee of Tesco Ireland Ltd in circumstances where a voluntary redundancy agreement had previously been reached between the parties. The Complainant claimed that she had been discriminated against on the ground of disability in terms of failure to provide reasonable accommodation, discriminatory dismissal, promotion and access to employment.
BACKGROUND
The Complainant submitted that she suffered from a disability, namely, Lupus (the Respondent acknowledged it knew of the Complainant's disability from 2009 onwards). The Complainant worked at the café in one of the Respondent's stores.
The Complainant submitted that she applied for several positions within the Respondent’s store but was unsuccessful
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