Company ordered to pay €47k to woman whose role 'contracted' after maternity leave

An aviation recruitment agency has been ordered to pay €41,370 compensation to a Human Resources (HR) manager after she was discriminated because she is a woman.

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An aviation recruitment agency has been ordered to pay €41,370 compensation to a Human Resources (HR) manager who was found to have been discriminated against on the grounds of gender.

In the case, the Dublin based senior staff member found that on returning to the aviation recruitment company and staff support agency after maternity leave on June 24th 2019, she had been removed from the company's leadership team.