€15,000 compensation for man with dyspraxia dismissed after firm googled the condition

A decision by a Dublin airport-based airline services firm to discriminatorily dismiss a man with dyspraxia was informed by one of the firm’s managers carrying out a ‘Google’ search on dyspraxia.

In the case before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), it has ordered Sky Handling Partner Ltd to pay €15,000 in compensation to Stephen Dunne for his discriminatory dismissal as an Aircraft Service Agent.