Food company must pay €30,000 to worker who refused to process onions

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Milne Foods, a vegetable processor based in Birr, Co Offaly, to pay the compensation to Nadezda Solomonova after it ruled the company had discriminated against her on grounds of disability.

A factory worker who was fired after refusing to work on a vegetable production line because of a reaction to handling onions has been awarded €30,000.

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Milne Foods, a vegetable processor based in Birr, Co Offaly, to pay the compensation to Nadezda Solomonova after it ruled the company had discriminated against her on grounds of disability.