Equality Commission For Northern Ireland

Jim McCooe has been appointed to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland for a three-year term. Mr McCooe is currently a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Northern Ireland's Department of Health. He is also business improvement director at Healthy Kidz.

The Equality Commission has welcomed a judgment from the Court of Appeal which clarifies the law on disability discrimination and will be significant for future disability discrimination cases. The Commission supported the case. Geraldine McGahey, chief commissioner of the Equality Commission for No

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has secured a £50,000 settlement with no admission of liability for a hearing-impaired man who took a disability discrimination case against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The claimant, Christopher Morrow, work

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has supported a 60-year-old sales manager in settling an age discrimination case against his former employer for £75,000 with no admission of liability. Seamus Gillespie, from Co Fermanagh, began working for well-known bakery WD Irwin and Sons Ltd i

A disability discrimination case brought against a Belfast primary school with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has been settled without admission of liability. The parents of Violet Heasley, who lives with osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), brought a case again

Amanda Logan has joined the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland as its new chief executive. A graduate of Queen’s University, Ms Logan comes to the Commission from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, where she was head of enforcement.

Racism is "a normal part of day-to-day-life" for people in Northern Ireland from minority ethnic and migrant groups, according to new research commissioned by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. The rights body commissioned independent think tank Pivotal to examine the actual, perceived, a

A discrimination disability case brought by a man against his former employer Home Bargains with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has been settled for £25,000 with no admission of liability. Ryan Walker, who lives with cerebral palsy, was employed in the chain's Armagh

Stephen Campbell, a software developer, has settled his disability discrimination case against both his former employer the Western Health and Social Care Trust and the HSC Business Services Organisation (BSO) for £3,000. The case was settled without admission of liability and was supported by

The Northern Ireland Office failed to comply with equality law obligations in relation to the UK government's controversial legacy bill, an investigation by the Equality Commission has found. An equality impact assessment of the policies in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Conciliation) Bil

A woman who complained of sexual harassment and victimisation after a staff Christmas party has been awarded £18,857 by the Industrial Tribunal. Shirley Lyons, who worked as a designer/sales consultant with Starplan in Portadown from June 2013 until April 2018, was supported by the Equality Co

Northern Ireland's high street voucher scheme was introduced without regard for equality law obligations, the Equality Commission has found. The watchdog investigated following two individual complaints that the Department for the Economy had failed to comply with its own Equality Scheme commitments

Two new commissioners have been appointed to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Lisa Caldwell and Stephen Mathews are joining the statutory body, while Neil Anderson, Duane Farrell, Jarlath Kearney and Carmel McKinney have been reappointed for a further three years.

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Industrial Tribunal was correct in using special measures to protect a schoolgirl who made a claim of sexual harassment against her former employer. Alona Forose launched a sexual harassment and discrimination case with support from the Equality

A Northern Ireland woman has settled her case alleging sexual harassment at work for £90,000 with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Neither the woman nor her employer can be named in order to protect her identity, but the Equality Commission is highlighting the case as