Dublin City University has reached an"agreement" in a discrimination claim by a senior manager whose lawyers accused college authorities of"corporate gaslighting" about a restructuring plan.
Ms Mallon had pointed out in her submissions that when Ms Wynter went from acting status to permanency as head of marketing there had been no open competition either. Ms Wynter said she believed the correspondence had been sent from Ms Crawford to the Professor Synnott and demonstrated that there had been a"surreptitious" move in relation to the restructuring."It’s a bit hackneyed I believe my client has been subjected to a type of corporate gaslighting," said her barrister Tiernan Lowey BL, who appeared instructed by Geraghty McCourt in the matter.
At that meeting in December 2021, the former deputy HR director admitted the deputy president had stated the purported consultation meeting with Ms Wynter a year before had not, in fact taken place. The complainant said that her position was further"eroded" in the wake of the grievance when she was removed as the chair of an interview panel for the department and she was persuaded by her GP to take medical leave over her stress levels.