'Noticeable fall' in discrimination complaints to WRC

Overall, the number of complaints received by the WRC under the Equal Status Act reduced by 25% from 868 to 648.

Matters concerning race accounted for the highest proportion of Equal Status complaints lodged with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) last year.

That is according to the 2019 annual report of the WRC which shows that race complaints lodged under the Equal Status Act accounted for 24.5% or 159 complaints lodged last year.