Judge rejects claim uniform of ‘ high heels and a tight skirt’ contributed to back pain.
A JUDGE has thrown out a former Ryanair employee’s claim that she suffered an on-the-job back injury in Dublin due to the ‘tight skirt’ she was required to wear.
Former check-in clerk, Agnieszka Spyra, was as seeking damages from the budget carrier, and can appeal to Ireland’s High Court after a judge dismissed her claim that her uniform contributed to her injury.
The 35-year-old said she hurt her back when she turned to lift a light bag and place it on a conveyor belt at a check-in desk at Dublin Airport.
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The claim was thrown out by Judge Jacqueline Linnane after Spyra gave conflicting statements about how she suffered the injury.
When Spyra injured initially injured her back, she told her doctor she was sitting, turning around to lift and tag a bag on the conveyor belt. She waited six months to meet with her physician about the incident, The Irish Times reported.
A full year after her accident, she reported it to the Injuries Board, again stating in her application that she had been sitting at the time.
However, when it came down to the actual court case, this past March and this week, she told the court she had been standing, and while she bent down and turned left to lift the back, she felt a sharp pain in her lower back.
Spyra suggested the accident was due to her uniform of “high heels and a tight skirt,” the Times reported.
The judge threw out that possibility, as Spyra had already admitted to sitting during the incident, and further dismissed the case because Spyra received proper training from Ryanair on the safe way to lift luggage.
Spyra is now responsible for paying legal costs incurred by both Ryanair and Mk Human Resources.
She does, however, plan to appeal the decision, so the judge has given her a temporary stay on paying those fees.
This story was originally published onFlyertalk.com.
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