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.
This case was not upheld by the Equality Officer but it may be of some interest to those involved in workplace investigations. The complainant made a number of allegations spanning some time prior to the lodgement of her complaint. The Equality Officer decided to address the complaints in accordance with Hurley v Cork VEC by assessing whether any of the alleged incidents that took place within the six months before the claim was made were discriminatory. The complainant presented the issuing of the report on her internal complaint pursuant to the Dignity at Work Policy as the only alleged unlawful treatment of her. However, the complainant was unable to indicate what protected act, in accordance with
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