In Georgina O’Driscoll v Daffodil Care Services Unlimited Company (ADJ-00040760) the Complainant claimed that she was discriminated against in the context of an investigation and disciplinary process into misconduct allegations. Her complaint was unsuccessful.

Facts: The Complainant was employed as a social care worker with the Respondent from April 2021 until she resigned in October 2022. The Respondent is a private social care provider which provides residential and therapeutic childcare services for children between 12 and 17 years of age. During her employment with the Respondent, the Complainant was assigned to work in a house with three young people. In January 2022, one of the boys in that house reported to the manager that he had heard the Complainant and another employee of the Respondent, Mr Andrew Loughran, having sex during an overnight shift. He also reported an incident in which he said that the Complainant was driving while using her mobile phone and that when she was stopped by a Garda, she was argumentative with the Garda.

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