Tag Archives: Equality Tribunal

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a Local Authority employee who suffered from a number of medical conditions claimed she was discriminated against on account of her disability when she was not allowed to retire on grounds of ill health.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which an equality officer considered whether he had jurisdiction to investigate a claim of discrimination brought by a hospital employee against her employer in the light of an earlier agreement between the parties.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a transsexual woman who had undergone reassignment surgery claimed that she was discriminated against by a hospital when a consultant referred to her by the wrong gender during the course of a consultation

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a man who suffers from the HIV virus made a complaint of discrimination against a dental practice after he was refused further treatment because of his condition.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent European Court of Justice case that considered whether a refusal to provide paid leave equivalent to maternity leave or adoptive leave to a woman who has had a child through surrogacy arrangements offends against the principle of equal treatment of male and female workers under European Law.

By Catherine Reilly The Irish Medical Organisation’s (IMO) case before the Equality Tribunal on the long-standing issue of area medical officers (AMOs) doing the same work as senior medical officers (SMOs) for less pay has not yet been allocated a date owing to a backlog, according to the doctors’ organisation.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Labour Court case in which St Luke’s Hospital in Dublin appealed against a finding by the Equality Tribunal that a medical scientist had been discriminated against on grounds of his age.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a clinical nurse specialist alleged discrimination on ground of disability when her employer refused to allow her to return to full-time work after a period of part-time work during which she cared for a disabled child.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a former medical scientist at St Luke’s Hospital in Dublin claimed that he was discriminated against on grounds of age when his employment was terminated two months short of his 68th birthday.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a receptionist claimed that she was discriminated against on grounds of marital and family status when she was dismissed from her post by a consultant.