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April eZine 2011

EMPLOYMENT LAW ROUND-UP

RACE AND DISCIMINATION HIGHLIGHT EQUALITY TRIBUNAL DECISIONS

Accordig to the latest decisions of the Equality Tribunal, which made awards ranging from €1,250 to €25m000, people continue to be discriminated against on the basis of race, pregnancy and disability. 

A Zimbabwean man working for a security company was awarded €25,000 by the tribunal for discrimination on the grounds of race. Between December 2002 and 2007, Mr Chasi was employed by J&I Security at varios building sites around Dublin, when his employment was terminated. He claimed he was discriminated against in having to work night shifts and long weekends of up to 26 continuous hours; he was paid less than his Irish counterparts and received no holiday pay.

When he raised these issues with his employer, he was verbally abused and eventually dismissed.

The company did not attend the hearing and wrote claiming the complainant had never worked for it, though his payslips contained his name, PPS number and the name of his employer. 

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