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Discount retailer Centz ordered to pay €77k over gender pay discrimination
Summary
In a 2024 decision, the Workplace Relations Commission found that Centz Discount Retail Holdings Ltd had discriminated against former in‑house counsel Sarah Treacy on the basis of gender and disability, and had failed to pay her wages and provide a constructive dismissal. The tribunal noted that Treacy's pro‑rata salary was lower than that of a male solicitor, Mr X, at several points in 2020 and 2021, and that the company delayed a promised salary increase until October 2021. Treacy also claimed the firm refused her request to work from home after an ADHD diagnosis, instead offering an unsuitable cash‑office role. The tribunal described the grievance investigation as superficial and biased, and concluded that the employer's conduct was intolerable.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Discount retailer Centz ordered to pay €77k over gender pay discrimination. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- 1 July 2021 Other
- 1 October Other
- June 2021 Other
- December 2021 Other
- 2020 and 2021 Other
- 2024-02-22 Publication
Why: Discount retailer Centz has been ordered to pay just short of €77,000 to a former in-house counsel who claimed she was left "chasing the Roadrunner" as she tried to close a gender pay gap on its legal team – but ended up resigning because of how she was treated. CNI source report
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