Annual Report 2000.pdf (size 2.3 MB) - Equality Authority

Guide to the
Equal status
Act 2000
Enforcing your
rights under the
Employment
Equality Act
Key Objective 1
(B) Decisions
The following is a summary of the most significant recommendation
received in 2000 from the Labour Court and the Office of the Director
of Equality Investigations (ODEI) in cases where representation had been
granted by the Equality Authority.
Gender:Access to Employment - £50,000
In the Rotunda Hospital and the Mater Hospital -v- Dr. Noreen Gleeson,
the Labour Court taking into account the absence of any prior
clarification on the criteria to be used by the interview board, the lack of
transparency in the selection process, the fact that the claimant was
more qualified and experienced than the successful applicant, and other
matters, in the absence of sufficient evidence to rebut the applicant's
submission, found that the applicant had been discriminated against under
Section 2(a) in contravention of Section 3 of the Employment Equality
Act, 1977. It awarded the appellant the sum of £50,000.
Gender:Victimisation - £3,000
In a female Claimant -v- a Named Hospital, the ODEI found that the
respondent penalised the claimant in terms of Section 2(a) of the
Employment Equality Act, 1977 contrary to Section 3 of the Employment
Equality Act, 1977. The ODEI found that the respondent failed to act
appropriately to ensure that it provided the claimant with a safe working
environment.This could have been achieved by organising the transfer of
the claimant's supervisor to another area. It was recommended that the
hospital pay the claimant £3,000 by way of compensation for the stress
suffered over a number of years as a result of discrimination. It was also
recommended that the hospital organise for the transfer of the claimant's
supervisor to another area and that his behaviour in that area be
carefully monitored.
Key Objective 1 - Annual Report 2000 - The Equality Authority page 19