Award of €3,000 for Civil Servant who used a shed for breastfeeding purposes
A civil servant was recently awarded €3,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) after claiming that no appropriate breastfeeding facilities were provided to her by her employer upon her return to work following maternity leave. The employee claimed that this along with other issues amounted to discrimination based on her gender under the Employment Equality Act 1998 [ADJ-00016513]
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