€20k for man with epilepsy due to discrimination

A transport company has been ordered to pay a man with epilepsy €20,480 after finding that it discriminated against him when retiring him on medical grounds.

€20k for man with epilepsy due to discrimination
Mon, 23 Oct, 2017 - 01:00
Gordon Deegan

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has made the award in spite of the company arguing that the man twice concealed his disability from his employer.

The company stated that the man “lied on two occasions in relation to his disability”.

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