The Equality Tribunal publishes 9 decisions for July 2014.
The Director of the Equality Tribunal, Mr Niall McCutcheon, has today (18th August 2014) published 9 Decisions of the Tribunal issued during the month of July as follows:
Employment Equality Decisions Upheld or Part-Upheld:
DEC-E2014-049: An Employee -v- An Employer Grounds/Issues: Employment Equality Acts Sections 6 and 8 – Family Status & Disability - Discriminatory dismissal.
Award: €12,000 in compensation for the discriminatory treatment suffered.
Employment Equality Decisions Not Upheld:
DEC-E2014-048: An Employee -v- An Employer Grounds/Issues: Employment Equality Acts, Discrimination, Race, Family Status, Age, Dismissal, Conditions of Employment, Non-attendance, No prima facie case
DEC-E2014-050: A Complainant -v- A Respondent Grounds/Issues: Gender – disability – surrogacy arrangements – intended mother is also genetic mother of the child- right of intended mother to maternity leave or adoptive leave after the birth of her daughter by a surrogate mother – preliminary reference pursuant to Article 267 of the Functioning of the European Union – CJEU decision in case C-363/12
DEC-E2014-051: An Employee -v- An Employer Grounds/Issues: Employment Equality Acts 1998- 2008 – sections 7 and 29 – equal pay- race - like work – actual comparator – prima facie case
DEC-E2014-052: An Employee -v- An Employer Grounds/Issues: Employment Equality Acts 1998- 2008 – sections 6, 8 14A and 74 –– discriminatory treatment – harassment – dismissal – victimisation - race
DEC-E2014-053: An Employee -v- An Employer Grounds/Issues: Gender
DEC-E2014-054: An Employee -v- An Employer Grounds/Issues: Disability
Pensions Decisions Not Upheld:
DEC-P2014-001: 8 Complainants -v- An Employer
Grounds/Issues: Pension Acts 1990- 2012 – sections 66, 70 and 81E –equal pension treatment – age - frivolous, vexatious and misconceived
DEC-P2014-002: 8 Complainants -v- A Respondent
Grounds/Issues: Pension Acts 1990- 2012 – sections 66, 70 and 81E –equal pension treatment – age - frivolous, vexatious and misconceived
To see the full texts of the decisions issued in July 2014, please click here: