Can an employee be penalised for making a complaint under the Employment Equality Acts?

Penalising a person for making a complaint of discrimination or for giving evidence in someone else’s complaint or lawfully opposing unlawful discrimination is called victimisation and the Act specifically protects a person against such victimisation.

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