University ordered to pay €60,000 to employee with OCD who had fear of using toilet

The woman retired from her role as executive assistant due to ill-health last year as working full time was too stressful “because of the toilet issues”.

A university here has been ordered to pay €60,000 for discriminating against an employee who had significant anxiety over contamination from using work toilets.

The woman has been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Maria Kelly has found that the university failed to make reasonable accommodation for the woman’s disability and that she was discriminated against on the grounds of her disability.