€24k for worker ‘forced to retire’ at 66

A worker who claimed he was forced to retire from a Co Donegal-owned seafood company at age 66 has been awarded €24,000 in compensation by the Equality Tribunal.

The issues raised in the case taken by Richard Lett against Earagail Éisc Teoranta also included a claim that he was forced to work part-time before that retirement, according to details published by the tribunal today.

Mr Lett’s case was brought on age grounds under the Employment Equality Acts against the company, which trades as Errigal Seafood and has facilities in Donegal and in Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford.