Cork charity has to pay former executive €75k after it penalised her for protected disclosure

Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Matt Talbot Adolescent Services 'targeted, sidelined and penalised' former financial controller Suzanne Pictor

Matt Talbot Adolescent Services, which runs drug treatment services for teens and young adults, was not found to have unfairly dismissed Suzanne Pictor. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

A Cork-based charity has been ordered to pay its former financial controller €75,000 in compensation after it was found to have penalised her after she had made a protected disclosure.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Suzanne Pictor had been “targeted, sidelined and penalised” as well as having her role diminished as a direct result of making protected disclosures while working at Matt Talbot Adolescent Services.