Ballymaloe Cookery School in Co Cork. Photo: Getty
A veteran employee of the Ballymaloe Cookery School who was pulled up for being “persistently late” by its new management team after founder Darina Allen stepped back from her day-to-day role at the business has failed in a claim for discrimination.
The worker, Julija Makejeva, expressed feelings of “betrayal” at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) over the school’s attitude to timekeeping following her return from maternity leave in 2021.