Worker gets €40k over eating ban

A disabled worker who felt ‘humiliated’ by her employer banning her from going on tea or lunch breaks with her work colleagues for seven years has been awarded €40,000.

This follows the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ordering the woman’s former employer, a local authority, to pay the woman the award for discriminating against her.

The €40,000 is also compensation for the WRC finding that the county council discriminated against the woman after retiring her on medical grounds last year and failing to reasonably accommodate her to allow her continue her employment.