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22 Aug

Posted at 20:40h in equality acts
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The scope of Dignity at Work Policies is that behaviours complained about must have occurred in the course of employment. This scope does not always cover the personal use of social media outside of work and it is an interesting issue that was dealt with by the Labour Court recently in Dublin Bus v McCamley (EDA 164). This was an appeal by an employee of an Equality Tribunal Decision ( DEC E2015 - 100) which had found that his employer was not liable for harassment that had occurred....

25 Feb

Posted at 20:42h in equality acts
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This article gives a brief overview of the current legal position in respect of harassment in the workplace and the basis on which harassment can amount to discriminatory treatment under the Equality Acts....

06 Jan

Posted at 19:57h in discrimination
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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....