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Drugs charity director wins €83k for constructive dismissal and whistleblower retaliation

Date
2023-06-06
Stage
Hearing Or Decision
Primary locality
Dublin
County
Dublin

Summary

Ms. Edel Ambrose, former services director at Dublin drug‑treatment centre Sankalpa, received €83,000 in compensation after the Workplace Relations Commission found that the centre's former chairman behaved aggressively and intimidatorily to humiliate her for reporting governance concerns to HSE officials and a TD in 2020. The tribunal upheld her complaints under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 and the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, awarding €23,000 for unfair dismissal and €60,000 for penalisation. A third complaint of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was dismissed. The decision noted that Ambrose was suspended in May 2020 following unfounded claims by a supervisor, and that she was later threatened with disciplinary action when she sought to address concerns about a colleague's return to work.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Drugs charity director wins €83k for constructive dismissal and whistleblower retaliation. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

Why: She had to answer questions about a specialist headlice medication she was using after an interaction with a service user, and had to explain that because she was receiving chemotherapy at the time, she could not use a normal product, she said. CNI source report

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