Vikki Keenan’s family-status discrimination complaint against Allergy Standards Ltd fails

The Workplace Relations Commission found that Vikki Keenan had not established family-status discrimination in her complaint against Allergy Standards Ltd. The decision was dated 29 May 2024, and no award was recorded. Keenan said the company’s policy requiring three days a week in the office conflicted with an earlier working arrangement and did not account for her family responsibilities. She also claimed her dismissal followed her objection to the policy and that she was harassed because of her family status. The company said the policy applied to all employees and attributed her dismissal to performance concerns. The adjudicator found no evidence that the policy or dismissal was because of family status. The remarks Keenan described as harassment were not shown to be connected to that status. In plain terms, she did not provide enough evidence to establish the required initial case of discrimination.