Hospital worker loses challenge to HSE decision not to allow her work from home

The woman claimed her doctors recommended that she should not be at work, as her non-medical role in the hospital exposed her to Covid-19

The woman was obliged to self-isolate for 14 days after she encountered a colleague last year who tested positive for Covid-19.

A High Court judge has dismissed a former hospital worker's claim that her rights were breached over her employer's refusal to allow her work from home because of 'the ‘high risk' Covid-19 posed to her health.

Ms Justice Miriam O'Regan said she was satisfied to dismiss the woman's claim after finding that there was nothing irrational nor unreasonable regarding the decision the subject of the challenge. The judge was also satisfied that the woman's claim was one of private law and was not amenable to judicial review.