Cork cinema ruled to have discriminated against former duty manager who has autism

The Workplace Relations Commission instructed the cinema to carry out either awareness training or workshops 'in an effort to introduce a positive management approach to staff with neurological complex conditions such as autism'

Dylan O’Riordan told the Workplace Relations Commission that the Omniplex cinema at Mahon Point in Cork had failed to provide him with reasonable accommodation for his autism.

One of Cork’s largest cinemas has been ordered to pay €12,000 compensation to a former duty manager over its failure to provide him with reasonable accommodation for his autism.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Omniplex Cork based in Mahon Point had breached the Employment Equality Act 1998 by discriminating against Dylan O’Riordan on grounds of disability.