Yesterday the Director of the Equality Tribunal published 16 decisions under the Employment Equality Acts, just 6 of which were successful in whole or in part. Large awards included some €60 000 to 5 Latvian claimants, who claimed equal pay, failure to provide terms and conditions and discriminatory dismissal. It could have been worse for the employer - 5 other claimants failed to turn up and had their cases dismissed. The final successful case led to €16 000 awarded to each of 6 complainants for victimisation, notwithstanding that all of their other discrimination claimed failed.

The first successful case is an interesting one in relation to discriminatory height restrictions for bus drivers, which was successful even though the complainant produced