Office of the Director of Equality Investigations
Employment Equality Act, 1977
Equality Officer's Recommendation No: DEC-E/2001/10
Parties:
Ms. Patricia Rattigan
(Represented by Mandate)
And
Boots the Chemists
(Represented by IBEC)
File No: EE/2000/02
This dispute concerns a claim by Ms. Patricia Rattigan that Boots the Chemists discriminated against her on grounds of sex within the meaning of section 2(a) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 and in contravention of section 3 of that Act, when it subjected her to disciplinary measures following absences from her employment due to illness.