What is Traveller Discrimination?
Membership of the Traveller community ground
If someone treats you less favourably because you are a member of the Traveller community and someone else is not.
Irish Travellers were recognised as a distinct ethnicity in 2017
‘Member of the Traveller community’ is defined as a member of a community of people who are commonly called Travellers and who are identified (both by themselves and others) as people with a shared history, culture and traditions including, historically, a nomadic way of life on the island of Ireland.
How do you know if you have experienced discrimination?
Discrimination is when someone treats you worse or ‘less favourably’ than another person is, has been, or would be treated, in a similar situation, because you fall under the ‘protected grounds’.
You can experience discrimination in four different ways:
- directly
- indirectly
- by imputation
- by association
Who can you complain to?
Complaints under the Employment Equality Acts and the Equal Status Acts are made to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
The WRC deals with claims related to employment and to services or goods.
Gender discrimination claims can go to either the Circuit Court or the WRC.
Note that there are very strict timeframes to complain.
Watch our video to see some examples of discrimination, learn about your rights and find out how to make a complaint.
Watch our video with audio description