'Loyal' cleaner awarded €7.5k for 'unfair treatment' following return to work after weightloss surgery

A facilities services company has been ordered to pay €7,500 to a cleaner for discriminating against the worker following her return to work after undergoing gastric band surgery to deal with a weight problem.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Adjudication Officer, Aideen Collard said that the worker “was clearly upset at what she perceived to be unfair treatment given her loyal and lengthy service” after her return to work after surgery.