The Employment Equality Act, 1977
Equality Officer Recommendation
DEC - E /2001/24
Elaine Johnson and sixty five others
(Represented by Mandate)
-v-
Tesco Ireland Limited (formerly Power Supermarkets)
(Represented by IBEC)
File No: EE1/99
Date of issue: 10 August 2001
This dispute concerns a claim by sixty six female employees that Tesco Ireland (formerly Power Supermarkets Limited) discriminated against them in terms of section 2(a) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 and in contravention of section 3 of the Act when it failed to hold a competition for the post of Chargehand in the Chilled/Fresh and Frozen Food department of the store.