Friday, April 3, 2009

Woman gets €16,000 in unfair dismissal case

by Andrew Bushe © 2009 irishtimes.com
A FORMER worker with a Co Meath bedding company has been awarded €16,000 compensation after an Employment Appeals Tribunal found she had been selected for redundancy because she was pregnant.
Machine operator Ludmilla Ambrasiene of Oldcastle was handed a letter saying she was being made redundant in May 2008, a year after she began working for Briody Bedding of Ballinride, Oldcastle.
“This was the first indication that she was given that her position might be in jeopardy,” according to a determination from the tribunal yesterday.

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