OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT, 1977
EQUALITY OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION NO: DEC-E- 2001-No. 013
PARTIES
Mr Anthony Hughes
and
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
File No: EE16/1999
Date of Issue: 23 April, 2001
The dispute concerns a claim by Mr Anthony Hughes who is employed at the Metropolitan District Court that in February, 1999 his employer, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, discriminated against him within the meaning of Section 2(a), (c) and (d) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 and in contravention of Section 3 of that Act. The complaint concerns the alleged preferential allocation of duties to a named female member of staff of the same grade, a failure to facilitate Mr Hughes' training requests and in the manner in which the employer handled Mr Hughes' transfer requests.