A design engineer for an agricultural machinery manufacturer who was discriminatorily dismissed over his stammer has been awarded €15,000 compensation. The engineer also submitted that the volume on the device was too low for use on the factory floor. On being told that he was to be dismissed in July 2017, the engineer told the WRC that he was "in complete shock" that he was dismissed on the spot without prior warning. The man claimed that the firm discriminatorily dismissed him due to his disability and that the firm’s treatment of him constituted discrimination on the grounds of disability. The firm also submitted that in any event, the worker’s speech impediment did not affect his ability to do his job, which was designing tanks.

Source: Irish Examiner October 02, 2019 14:48 UTC