Month: April 2011

The Irish Equality Authority welcomes the decision of the Equality Tribunal to award 35000 euro to a transexual worker

A new guide produced by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has recently paid settlements amounting to £62,500, without admission of liability, to a couple who both work for the service.

Mrs Brady received £55,000 in response to a complaint that she put forward concerning the way in which her employers treated her following her return to work after a 2 year absence from the service as a result of breast cancer. Her Husband was paid £7,500 for the related complaint of victimisation. Both cases were supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

The settlement, which does not admit the liability of the PSNI, acknowledges the upset and distress experienced, and reinforces the Service’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the workplace.

Eileen Lavery, of Strategic Enforcement with the Equality Commission, said “All employers have a responsibility to make reasonable adjustments for employees who have a disability”.

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Bob Collins, Chief Commissioner, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland – from View from the Chair, Business Newsletter, 12 April 2011

The Belgian Institute for the equality of women and men has published a “Manual for the application of gender budgeting within the Belgian federal administration”