Charity worker claims discrimination

A FORMER senior manager with homeless charity Simon yesterday told a tribunal she was forced to quit her job because being she was black and female.

Tabish Din, originally from Kenya, told a constructive dismissal hearing at the Employment Appeals Tribunal about a litany of complaints against the charity’s Dublin organisation, where she worked for two years up to April 2004.

She claimed she frequently had to work until 8 or 9pm because of her heavy workload and could not take time off in lieu. However, she said her bosses refused to hire the same level of help for her that all other managers of her rank had.