The Employment Equality Act, 1998
Equality Officer Decision
DEC - E /2001/017
William Gorry
(Represented by T.J. Brabazon & Co. Solicitors)
-v-
Manpower
(Represented by Mc Cann Fitzgerald, Solicitors)
File No: CDEE/2000/18
Date of issue: 8 June 2001
The complaint concerns a claim by Mr. William Gorry that Manpower discriminated against him in terms of section 6(2)(g) of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 and in contravention of section 8 of the Act in relation to his application for the position of Switchboard Operator. The complainant also claims that he was indirectly discriminated against in terms of section 31 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998, on the disability ground and in contravention of section 8 of the Act