WRC rejects four complaints against Boots Retail

The Workplace Relations Commission rejected all four complaints brought by Tina Maguire against Boots Retail (Ireland) Limited. She alleged disability discrimination and failure to accommodate her inability to wear a face mask at work, and complained of unlawful wage deductions, inadequate terms-of-employment information and unpaid annual leave. The adjudicator found the different treatment objectively justified by pandemic risks and found no safe alternative work arrangement; she also found Maguire had been paid in full until early February 2021, then went on sick leave, and had received her accrued annual leave.