Employment Equality Act, 1998
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PART VII Other Remedies and Enforcement | ||
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Introductory | ||
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Interpretation (Part VII). |
74.—(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires: | |
“the complainant” has the meaning given by section 77 (4); | ||
“equality mediation officer” and “equality officer” shall be construed in accordance with subsections (3) and (4) of section 75 ; | ||
“the Equal Pay Directive” means Council Directive No. 75/117/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women; | ||
“the Equal Treatment Directive” means Council Directive No. 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions; | ||
“the respondent” has the meaning given by section 77 (4); | ||
“victimisation” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2). | ||
(2) For the purposes of this Part, victimisation occurs where the dismissal or other penalisation of the complainant was solely or mainly occasioned by the complainant having, in good faith— | ||
(a) sought redress under this Act or any enactment repealed by this Act for discrimination or for a failure to comply with an equal remuneration term or an equality clause (or a similar term or clause under any such repealed enactment), | ||
(b) opposed by lawful means an act which is unlawful under this Act or which was unlawful under any such repealed enactment, | ||
(c) given evidence in any criminal or other proceedings under this Act or any such repealed enactment, or | ||
(d) given notice of an intention to do anything within paragraphs (a) to (c). |