EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT, 1977
EQUALITY OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION NO. EE 05/1997
PARTIES
Fifty-eight Named Female Part-Time Telephonists
{Represented by the Employment Equality Agency}
and
Telecom Eireann
The dispute relates to a claim by fifty-eight named female part-time night Telephonists that Telecom Eireann discriminated against them on the basis of sex and/or marital status within the meaning of Section 2(c) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 and in contravention of Section 3 of the Act by implementing a rota system which excludes them from week-end attendance.