The Employment Equality Act, 1998
Equality Officer Decision
DEC - E /2001/052
Fernandez
-v-
Cable & Wireless
(Represented by IBEC )
File No: EE/2001/199
Date of issue: 11 December 2002
The case concerns a claim by Ms. Eugenia Fernandez that Cable & Wireless directly discriminated against her on the gender, sexual orientation, disability and race grounds in terms of section 6(2)(a), (d), (g) and (h) of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 and contrary to the provisions of section 8(1)(b) of the Act in relation to her conditions of employment. The case also concerns a claim of harassment on the gender, sexual orientation and disability grounds.