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Coffee shop which discriminated against pregnant worker ordered to pay €15k damages
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
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The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
It was found that the woman was discriminated against by the landlord and was awarded the equivalent of three months’ rent.
The woman had been working at the company for a little over a month.
The proceedings were taken after the four claimed they were overlooked for promotions between 2008 and 2009.
The family were told the girl wasn’t eligible for the free scheme because there was a suitable school nearby.
The couple said the landlord’s refusal had “a damaging effect for their family, both financially and personally”.
New research looking into discrimination and inequality in housing in Ireland was published today.
Tamara Pletneva says mixed-race children will face discrimination and will suffer.
The man, a naturalised Irish citizen, had held several other manual roles at the airport over the previous nine years.
A change to day shifts was supported by the man’s GP and by an occupational health physician.
The council had deemed the family to not be ‘normally resident’ as they were illegally living in a caravan on private property.
It is the first time the UK Supreme Court has heard a case in Northern Ireland.
The man also claimed that a colleague had spoken to him in a racist ‘Chinese-style’ fashion.
The woman claims she overheard a member of staff say to another, ‘Don’t worry about her, she is just an itinerant’.
An incident where police were called because two black men hadn’t bought anything in a branch went viral last week.
The family claimed they were discriminated against under the Equal Status Act.
Guillaume Rey, who worked at a Vancouver restaurant, filed a complaint with British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal.
The supermarket chain announced a major autism-awareness initiative earlier this week.
Today Irish Rail invited people with disabilities to take a train ride from Connolly to Howth to talk about changes to the service.
The state training body has carried out research on difficulties facing older people.
The sad thing is this has happened so many times I’ve accepted it as normal, writes Sinead McManus.
Over 80% of respondents in new research reported discrimination in the street or in a public place.
The complaint said some employees “were ostracised, belittled, and punished” for their views.
The Labour Court ruled that Karolina Poslajko had been discriminated against by her former employer, Kildare town-based Clelands Supermarkets Ltd.
The man had claimed the council was discriminating against him on religious grounds by refusing to hold a wreath-laying ceremony.
LGBT supporters travelling to Russia need to be ‘cautious’, according to anti-discrimination group Fare.
During an interview, Halligan asked a woman if she was married and if she had children.
The findings are contained in a new report which details experience of discrimination.
Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan said he had heard many stories of people hiding where they are from.
A HAP applicant stands no chance against a well paid individual seeking the same property, writes Chris O’Donnell.
The NI Fair Employment Tribunal said the phrase “has a clear sectarian significance”.
The Al-Hijrah School argued that the segregation policy was one of the “defining characteristics” of the school.
But people who are attracted to multiple genders make up between 2 and 25% of the population, writes Bi+ Ireland.
Mark Savage claimed he was told to remove the line from his CV.
The women were awarded lost wages and €73 damages.
The woman found her hours greatly reduced after she underwent a surgical procedure aimed at alleviating her condition.
“BY THE GRACE OF THE GOOD LORD.”
People with sight loss do not have the same opportunities as their sighted peers, writes Chris White.
The pub’s exterior was vandalised early yesterday morning with homophobic graffiti.
The graffiti was first reported just after 10am this morning.