Equality Commission For Northern Ireland

Geraldine McGahey has been reappointed as chief commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland for a further five-year term. Ms McGahey, who has led the independent public body since 2020, will now continue in the role until 28 February 2030.

Tesco is to pay £45,000 to a former part-time employee who brought a complaint of sexual harassment and victimisation with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Lara Storey, a former part-time Dotcom Personal Shopper, claimed that she had been subjected to sexual harassmen

A former nursing student with a cancer diagnosis has settled a disability discrimination case against Queen’s University Belfast for £25,000. Natasha Bradshaw, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, was supported in bringing the case by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

The new UK government has been urged to protect and enhance human rights and equality standards in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) yesterday launched their 2023-24 annual report on the implementation of Ar

Nazia Latif has been appointed to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Her appointment by Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn will take effect from 1 September 2024 for a period of three years.

A sales representative for construction industry supplier Haldane Fisher has settled a disability discrimination case for £20,000 with support from the Equality Commissioner for Northern Ireland. The case brought by Mark Graham, who worked for the business for 28 years, was settled through med

Six Irish Travellers have settled a race discrimination case against a Co Tyrone inn for £24,000 with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. The group of family and friends visited the Ryandale Inn in May 2023 where they planned to have a meal. When they attempted to order

A sales advisor has settled his disability discrimination case against his former employer, Telefonica Ltd, for £160,000 with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Eamon Bowen worked in an O2 store for a number of years. In 2014, he was diagnosed with Spondylolisthesis, a

An autistic chip shop worker has settled a disability discrimination case brought against his former employer with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland for £8,000. Oisín McKerr, who was a school pupil when he applied for his first part-time job at Mak's Plaice in Ma

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.