Ex-hotel boss gets €100k at equality hearing

A FORMER hotel manager has been awarded €100,000 after the Equality Tribunal ruled that she has been discriminated and victimised by her employer after becoming pregnant.

However, Denise Batt, who worked as general manager at the Comfort Inn on Great Denmark St in Dublin, may have difficulty in receiving her compensation as the company which operated the hotel was placed in voluntary liquidation last year. The hotel now operates as the Belvedere Hotel under different management.

The tribunal ordered Palmece Ltd to pay Ms Batt €50,000 compensation for discrimination on grounds of gender and family status and a similar amount for victimisation.