Cases of travelling community in the north west getting paid half minimum wage in semi-state organisations
There have been cases of members of the travelling community in the North West being paid half the minimum wage in semi-state organisations. That’s according to Regional Forsa union officer, Richie Carrothers. Mr. Carrothers was speaking at Sligo Town Hall yesterday afternoon, at a Traveller Equality Network event organised by…
Primary School ordered to pay over €93,000 in compensation as a teacher was discriminated against
A Primary School in Sligo has been ordered to pay a deputy principal nearly €94,000 in compensation after it discriminated against her because of gender in a contest for a school principal’s post. In the case which went before the Workplace Relations Commission the Board of Management of Scoil Mhuire…