Tesco ordered to pay €40,000 to former assistant at Dublin store over discrimination

Tesco Ireland has been ordered to pay €40,000 compensation to a former assistant at one of its Dublin outlets over its failure to provide her with reasonable accommodation after she developed a problem with her vision from an aneurysm.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the supermarket group has breached the Employment Equality Act 1998 on grounds of disability.

The assistant, Karen Rice, who began working in Tesco’s branch in Ballyfermot in November 2007, claimed she was discriminatorily dismissed in October 2023 after requiring to go on sick leave in June 2020 when she developed a problem with her sight.

Ms Rice told the WRC that a report by an occupational health consultant hired by Tesco was inadequate as it did not address her absence from work in a material fashion and failed to evaluate how she could return to work with alternative working arrangements.

She claimed major elements of the report related to recommended adjustments to her personal life.

Ms Rice…

We’ve summarized this news for a quick read. If you’re interested, you can read the full article here:

Breakingnews.ie