The Equality Tribunal published 13 decisions under the Employment Equality Acts, 5 of which were successful in whole or in part. These are reviewed below beginning as always with the successful cases.
A number of the complaints refer to claims by complainants Eastern European origin. The highest award was €13,000.
Employment Equality Decisions Upheld or Part Upheld
1. DEC-E2009-111 Ms. Z -v- A Chain Store.
Ground/Issue: Disability - Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodation.
Award: €1,000 for lost Income and €7,000 for Discrimination.
The complainant, who has epilepsy, alleged that the respondent had discriminated against her in that it failed to provide her with reasonable accommodation to take account of her disability.
She asked to be moved to work other than
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