WRC awards Thayane Sousa €20,000 in pregnancy discrimination case

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The Workplace Relations Commission awarded Thayane Sousa €20,000 after finding that Asba Meats discriminated against her on gender grounds while she was pregnant. The Shannon meat processor did not attend the hearing.

The adjudicator relied on Sousa’s uncontested evidence that she was assigned more physically demanding duties after disclosing her pregnancy and that her working hours were reduced. Documents supported her account of seeking the restoration of her hours and receiving no positive response.