With snow and freezing conditions forecast for next few days many employees will have difficulty in traveling to work which impacts on businesses being able to operate. A common sense approach in a documented policy is required by employers to ensure that the safety of employees is balanced against business needs....

In a recently published decision by the Equality Tribunal (Dec- E 2015 - 121), a resource teacher was found to have been harassed on grounds of religion and also was discriminated against on grounds of association due to her son's sexual orientation....