Ex-worker unfairly dismissed after Limerick nursing home discovered she was HIV positive awarded €22.5k

The Workplace Relations Commission observed that the nursing home had moved expeditiously to offer the former healthcare assistant a job but it had 'simply downed tools in the hope the complainant would move quietly on' after finding out she was HIV positive

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the company which operates Abbot Close Nursing Home in Askeaton, Co Limerick, had unfairly dismissed the HCA, Thandekile Sulo, on grounds of her disability. File photo

A Limerick nursing home has been ordered to pay €22,500 in compensation to a former healthcare assistant (HCA) who was constructively dismissed after it found out she was HIV positive.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the company which operates Abbot Close Nursing Home in Askeaton, Co Limerick, had unfairly dismissed the HCA, Thandekile Sulo, on grounds of her disability.