Effective 1 April 2024, all business operators must provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities, according to the recent amendments to the Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.
On 17 April 2023, UK Government published “Positive action in the workplace: guidance for employers,” explaining how employers can help people who share a particular protected characteristic to overcome specific barriers with positive actions without unfairly disadvantaging other groups as this could amount to an unlawful ‘positive discrimination.’
It covers all protected characteristics, including sex, sexual orientation, age, and ethnicity.
It is a part of the ongoing government’s inclusive strategy to support employers in creating opportunities for underrepresented groups within their workforce.
On 17 March 2023, the Irish Labour Court overturned a €7,500 award to a former Aldi employee dismissed for gross misconduct, as he had taken products without paying for them from the employer's store on seven different dates from 25 November 2020 to 14 January 2021.
On 25 January 2023, the Dismissal Board declared the legitimacy of dismissing a disabled employee with 45 years of seniority because the employee could no longer perform his job due to his disability.