Ballymaloe worker loses family-status discrimination claim at WRC

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The Workplace Relations Commission dismissed Julija Makejeva’s family-status discrimination claim against Ballymaloe Cookery School, finding she had provided no evidence of discrimination on a protected ground. Adjudicator Lefre de Burgh said the school had engaged with her concerns and shown flexibility, and that her objection to the new management structure did not amount to discrimination.

Makejeva had worked at the school since 2005 and returned from maternity leave in a part-time role before resuming full-time hours. The decision records that she objected to new reporting lines and that the school had accommodated her working arrangements; the school said timekeeping remained a problem. The WRC found the claim unsupported and dismissed it.