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Award of 3000 for civil servant who used a shed for breastfeeding purposes
A civil servant was recently awarded €3,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) after claiming that no appropriate breastfeeding facilities were provided to her by her employer upon her return to work following maternity leave. The employee claimed that this along with other issues amounted to discrimination based on her gender under the Employment Equality Act 1998 [ADJ-00016513]
Pregnancy and maternity leave remain fertile grounds for claims
An employee's pregnancy or maternity leave may raise issues of equality and discrimination in employment. Discrimination on the gender ground includes less favourable treatment connected with pregnancy or maternity leave.
Protected Disclosures FAQs
A protected disclosure, sometimes known as ‘whistleblowing’ is a disclosure of information, which, in the reasonable belief of the worker making the disclosure, tends to show a relevant wrongdoing, and which came to the attention of the worker in a work-related context.
Store manager was not penalised for protected disclosure made to the HSA
The employer, a large retailer, had argued that they were not aware of who made the protected disclosure to the Health and Safety Authority which resulted in a HSA inspection. As a result, they could not have penalised the employee concerned. The WRC adjudicator, in her determination, found that the worker had not established a link between his making complaints and failed to establish that he had suffered detriment.
Overview
This section contains guidance on the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 including rights of an employee and the requirements of an employer.
Legislation
Protected Disclosures are mainly governed by the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as well as the Code of practice on Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (Declaration) Order 2015. The legislation gives guidance on how an employer should deal with a protected disclosure.