Transsexual worker had to switch between gender ‘modes’

A TRANSSEXUAL employee awarded €35,000 by the Equality Tribunal has spoken out about the stress she endured by being asked to switch between a male/female identity in her workplace.

Louise Hannon, who had been employed by First Direct Logistics Ltd, claimed that since she had informed her employer of her true identity, her work conditions were made so intolerable that she was ultimately constructively dismissed.

The Equality Tribunal found First Direct to have discriminated against Ms Hannon — who was diagnosed with gender identity disorder and is a male-to-female transsexual — on the grounds of gender and disability.