A veteran manager at a HIV charity who claims she is being targeted for voicing concerns about the use of public money is facing disciplinary action after being accused of bullying and transphobia towards a colleague, a tribunal has heard.
The manager is alleged to have questioned the “worth” and “health status” of a trans woman colleague who is openly HIV-positive in an interaction the other worker said she regarded as transphobic “at worst”.
Erin Nugent, a project co-ordinator at HIV Ireland, is pursuing a complaint under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 against her employer.
Disciplinary action is currently on hold pending the outcome of the statutory complaint to Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the tribunal heard on Friday.
Nugent has worked at the organisation since the early 1990s, when it was established as the Dublin Aids Alliance, the WRC heard.
She alleges she is being penalised for raising concerns about the use of a 20,000 grant from the HSE for work on a campaign called Fast Track Cities, a UN-backed anti-HIV programme.
HIV Ireland’s former treasurer Hugh Nolan gave evidence that an investigation process he chaired recommended a disciplinary hearing after upholding allegations against Nugent concerning interactions with the charity’s executive director, Stephen O’Hare and other staff at the organisation, between July and October 2024.
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