Cork engineering firm ordered to pay diabetic fitter €5.4k over discriminatory dismissal
It was found that MSL Engineering discriminated against a worker on the grounds of his disability and a discriminatory ‘non-starting of work’ under the Employment Equality Act. File photo
A Cork engineering firm contracted to work for Covid-19 vaccine maker, Pfizer, has been ordered to pay a diabetic man €5,400 compensation after allegedly not allowing him to start work at Pfizer’s Cork site due to his condition.
In the case, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Michael McEntee, has ordered MSL Engineering to pay Warren Sweeney €5,400 compensation.
