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Ireland’s equality laws protect individuals from certain kinds of discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment. They aim to promote: Equal work opportunities, for example when applying for work, while in a job, going for a promotion or getting equal pay.
- What Are Human Rights
While the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is the main...
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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is Ireland’s...
- Equal Status Acts
The Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 (‘the Acts’) prohibit...
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The Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015 aim to: promote...
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Employers must make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. This includes providing access to employment, enabling people with disabilities to participate in employment including promotion, and training.
Pregnancy-related discrimination is discrimination on the ground of gender and includes recruitment, promotion and general conditions of employment. You are also protected under maternity protection and unfair dismissalslegislation, if you are pregnant or have recently given birth.
Employment equality legislation provides for equal pay for like work. Like work is defined as work that is the same, similar or work of equal value. It is one of the terms that must be part of the contract of employment. A claim for equal pay can be made on any of the 9 grounds listed above.
Harassment including sexual harassment that is based on any of the 9 grounds is a form of discrimination in relation to conditions of employment. Bullying at workwhich is linked to one of the 9 discriminatory grounds above comes under employment equality legislation.
You are protected against victimisationif you bring a claim or are involved in a complaint of unlawful discrimination against your employer. This means that your employer may not penalise you by dismissal, unfair treatment or an unfavourable change in your conditions of employment.
Learn about the 9 grounds for discrimination and the legislation covering employment equality in Ireland. Find out how to make a claim under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015.
EQUALITY ACT 2004. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT 1998, PENSIONS ACT 1990 AND EQUAL STATUS ACT 2000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION IN RELATION TO EQUALITY OF TREATMENT IN THE WORKPLACE AND ELSEWHERE; TO GIVE EFFECT TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2000/43/EC OF 29 JUNE 2000 IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT ...
The Equal Status Acts prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services, accommodation and education on nine grounds, including disability, sexual orientation and race. They also allow positive action and reasonable accommodation for disadvantaged persons.
The Employment Equality Acts aim to promote equality and ban discrimination across nine grounds in employment, training and trade unions. Learn about the protected groups, the obligations of employers, the definition of discrimination and the role of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT 1998. REVISED. Updated to 31 May 2024. Changes to legislation: as of 12 September 2024, there are changes to this Act which have not been implemented by the Revised Acts editorial team, see highlighted entries here.
an act to promote equality and prohibit types of discrimination, harassment and related behaviour in connection with the provision of services, property and other opportunities to which the public generally or a section of the public has access, to provide for investigating and remedying certain discrimination and other unlawful activities, to ...
