Two women who were sacked by their employers after they became pregnant have been awarded a total of €88,000 in compensation by the Equality Tribunal.

A JAPANESE-owned English language school has been ordered to pay one of its managers compensation of €30,000 and to increase her salary in line with that of a male counterpart.

AN POST has been ordered to pay a former employee more than €70,000 compensation for preventing him applying for a job because he was over 60.