Employment Equality Act, 1977
DEC - E - 2001/035
15 Named Female Employees (Represented by MANDATE)
V
TESCO Ireland Limited
(Represented by IBEC)
File No. EE 26/99
Date of Issue 16/11/2001
Employment Equality Act, 1977 Sections 2 and 3 - Employment - Sex - Direct Discrimination - Date of Discrimination - Named Claimant(s) - Requirement to undertake additional duties - Claim Validity
The Union, on behalf of twelve named female claimants, alleges that they were directly discriminated against by the respondent in terms of Sections 2(a) of the Employment Equality Act, 1977 when they were asked to clean toilets and male colleagues were not asked to undertake this duty.