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Customer Service Agent v Online Sales Company [2024]

Posted In: Case Law
  • Decision Number
    ADJ-00041008
  • Legal Body
    Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)
  • Type of Claim / Jurisdiction
    Discrimination
Issues covered: Employment equality – Discrimination – Disability – Mental health – Reasonable Accommodation

Background:

The Complainant was employed by the Respondent as a Customer Service Agent and had been for a period of five years prior to her complaint. She began to suffer from anxiety in 2021 and 2022 and had a high level of absence from work, with one particularly extended period from late November 2021 until 25 January 2022. The Complainant asked the Respondent for a shorter working week and alternative working hours to assist her in a transition back to work.

The Respondent, in its defence, stated that the Complainant had received a verbal warning on three prior occasions for absences for unrelated reasons. The Respondent also said the distress the Complainant was experiencing was in

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This article is correct at 29/02/2024
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