Employment equality

Question 1

What acts did the employment equality acts 1988-2015 replace

Answer 1

Anti-discrimination act 1974and employment equality act 1977

Question 2

Anti-discrimination (pay) act 1974

Answer 2

Only had a claim if you were discriminated against for a financial reason

Question 3

Employment equality act 1977

Answer 3

Very narrow and only focused on marital status and gender

Question 4

Who is included in the EEA

Answer 4

Everybody including those who were excluded from the UDA

Question 5

When does the EEA apply (7)

Answer 5

• Access to employment
• Current job
• Promotion
• Classification
• Work experience and training
• Dismissals
• Collective agremments

Question 6

What are the 9 grounds of discrimination?

Answer 6

Age, Race, gender, family status, marital/civil status, sexual orientation, religion, disibility, ethnic groups

Question 7

Age under the EEA

Answer 7

Must be over school leavers age (16) and under the age of normal retirement

Question 8

When it possible to discriminate based on age?

Answer 8

When there is a costly training requirement

Question 9

What is the issue with claiming an age discrimination case

Answer 9

Must prove it is to do with age not years of service

Question 10

What must an employer do to prevent an employment equality case under Disability

Answer 10

Must make appropriate accommodations for the person unless it is to impose a disproportionate burden on the employer

Question 11

Who is liable for the actions of an employee

Answer 11

The employer

Question 12

Define discrimination

Answer 12

The treatment of a person in a less favourable way than another person is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation on any of the nine grounds.

Question 13

What is direct discrimination

Answer 13

Discrimination under one of the 9 grounds, this is outlawed by the act

Question 14

What is indirect discrimination

Answer 14

A seemingly neutral provision that puts one group at a disadvantage to another Eg high requirement in the gardi

Question 15

When is discrimination allowed (7)

Answer 15

• Citizen requirement
• Irish language requirement in some public sector jobs
• Religion in some private institutions
• Educational qualification
• Requirement for gender roles (pregnancy-related)
• Service of a personal nature
• Some gardi and prison officers for prisoners rights

Question 16

Equal pay discrimination

Answer 16

One person is getting paid less than another for the same work, the case must have a comparator employed at the same time as the person or with in the last 3 years

Question 17

Who doesn’t apply to an equal pay discrimination case

Answer 17

Agency workers

Question 18

Harassment

Answer 18

Any form of unwanted conduct under the 9 grounds

Question 19

Sexual harassment

Answer 19

Any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature with the porous of violating a persons dignity

Question 20

What falls under unwanted conduct?

Answer 20

Acts, requests, spoken words, gestures, written words pictures and social media

Question 21

Who can do an act of harassment in the workplace

Answer 21

Employee, employer, client, customer and business contacts

Question 22

Where does a harassment case go?

Answer 22

WRC: mediation before adjudication

Question 23

Max compensation under EEA

Answer 23

2 years pay

Question 24

Types of redress in equal pay

Answer 24

Arrears, compensation plus interest

Question 25

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Answer 25

Compensation

Question 26

Redress in an equality case

Answer 26

Compensation