WRC awards deli worker €4,000 over disability discrimination

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The Workplace Relations Commission upheld a deli worker’s disability discrimination complaint and ordered her employer to pay €4,000 in compensation. The worker, who has multiple sclerosis, had resigned after her manager could not guarantee that she would work shorter shifts. The employer was described in the decision as a retail business in a seaside resort; the decision withheld the worker’s identity.

The adjudication officer found that the employer’s failure to provide reasonable accommodation for short shifts was discriminatory on disability grounds. The WRC rejected the worker’s separate constructive dismissal complaint, finding the employer had not been given an opportunity to resolve the issue locally.