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Deli worker with MS awarded €4k over disability discrimination
2025-09-18
Hearing Or Decision
Summary
A deli assistant with multiple sclerosis won €4,000 in compensation after resigning from her part‑time job when her manager could not guarantee her a reduction in working hours. The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the unnamed retailer, a seaside resort business, failed to provide reasonable accommodation for her disability. The worker had requested four‑hour shifts, citing exhaustion, but the manager said he could not guarantee them and asked her to resign. She resigned in September 2024 after seven years with the company. The tribunal rejected her constructive dismissal claim under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, finding no local resolution opportunity. However, it upheld her Employment Equality Act 1998 claim, finding the lack of accommodation discriminatory on the grounds of disability, and ordered the employer to pay €4,000 in compensation.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Deli worker with MS awarded €4k over disability discrimination. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- September 2024 Hearing Or Sentence
- 20 September Other
- 2025-09-18 Publication
Why: The worker told a hearing in July this year that she "had to leave" because her employer would not agree to roster her for four-hour shifts. CNI source report
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