The Equality Tribunal has recently published several upheld cases on employment equality. The first, second and fifth cases of the six below all involve migrant workers. The first case is a typical case of a worker returning from maternity leave to be initially refused a return to work and then to suffer reduced hours. The second case involves the discriminatory non-recruitment of a Polish national, even though the assessment was carried out by an independent body. The fifth case concerns harassment of Polish construction workers and discriminatory accommodation arrangements.

The third and sixth cases concern reasonable accommodation. In the third case, reasonable accommodation was not considered when relocation was being proposed and the effect of a purported Settlement Agreement was