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

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.

Tue, 01 Feb, 2022 - 13:15
Sean McCarthaigh

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.

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