Employment Equality Decisions Published in June
Posted in : 2014 on 26 June 2014 Issues covered:
Bernadette Treanor writes:
Employment Equality Decisions issued in May 2014 and published in June 2014 Reviewed
These decisions of the Equality Tribunal and the Labour Court were reviewed by Bernadette Treanor, Managing Consultant, Beo Solutions, and former Equality Officer at the Equality Tribunal.
1. The first case upheld below deals with compulsory retirement by virtue of reaching the age of 65. The Equality Officer found that the respondent had not objectively justified the retirement age.
2. The second case was not upheld but is useful to anyone conducting investigations in that it finds that the issue of an investigation report is unlikely to be construed as adverse treatment
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