Labour Court Database __________________________________________________________________________________ File Number: REE906 Case Number: EET917 Section / Act: S19(5)EE Parties: POWERS SUPERMARKETS LTD - and - HELEN FARELL, OLIVE REDDY, MARTHA BYRNE, ANGELA TOOMEY ET AL;THE EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY AGENCY |
Labour Court investigation on 16th May, 1991 under Section 19(5) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977.
Recommendation:
2. The following is the text of a letter dated 6th June, 1991
issued to both parties.
The Court has considered the submissions of the parties, in
reference to the issue of time limits in referring the case that
the Company discriminated against the claimants on grounds of sex
and was in breach of sections 2 and 3 of the Employment Equality
Act, 1977 and finds as follows:
1. The alleged act of discrimination just occurred in January
1989, when the video camera was installed in the female
changing room.
2. That the presence of the camera was not discovered until
March 1990 and that from that date until the date of
reference of the complaint the Company and the
representatives of the workers concerned were seeking to find
a solution to the issue.
Accordingly the Court considers the above as reasonable cause why
reference of the complaint under Section 19 was not lodged within
the requisite six month period.
The Court accordingly refers the dispute for investigation by an
Equality Officer.
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Division: MrMcGrath Mr Keogh Mr Walsh
Text of Document__________________________________________________________________
REE906 EET791
EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT, 1977
SECTION 19(5)
PARTIES: POWERS SUPERMARKETS LTD
(Represented by the Federation of Irish Employers)
AND
Helen Farell, Olive Reddy, Martha Byrne, Angela Toomey et al
(Represented by the Employment Equality Agency)
SUBJECT:
1. Labour Court investigation on 16th May, 1991 under Section
19(5) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977.
RECOMMENDATION:
2. The following is the text of a letter dated 6th June, 1991
issued to both parties.
The Court has considered the submissions of the parties, in
reference to the issue of time limits in referring the case that
the Company discriminated against the claimants on grounds of sex
and was in breach of sections 2 and 3 of the Employment Equality
Act, 1977 and finds as follows:
1. The alleged act of discrimination just occurred in January
1989, when the video camera was installed in the female
changing room.
2. That the presence of the camera was not discovered until
March 1990 and that from that date until the date of
reference of the complaint the Company and the
representatives of the workers concerned were seeking to find
a solution to the issue.
Accordingly the Court considers the above as reasonable cause why
reference of the complaint under Section 19 was not lodged within
the requisite six month period.
The Court accordingly refers the dispute for investigation by an
Equality Officer.
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