A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ordered the hotel to pay the award after the woman was successful in a pregnancy discrimination case. In its ruling, the WRC adjudication officer said the hotel worker "experienced discrimination across a number of her conditions of employment, and where I have no doubt that such discrimination would not have occurred had her employer not been made aware of her pregnancy". The woman claimed that once her employer "discovered that she was pregnant, far from eliminating any risks posed to her, it increased the risks by moving her to the wedding venue and imposing far heavier duties upon her".

Source: Irish Independent December 27, 2017 02:26 UTC