OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY ACT, 1998
Equality Officer Recommendation No:
DEC-E-2002-015
A Complainant
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Civil Service Commissioners
File ref: EE/2001/005
Date of issue: 13 March, 2002.
This dispute concerns a claim by the complainant that the Civil Service Commissioners discriminated against him on grounds of disability within the meaning of Section 6 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 and in contravention of Section 8 of the Act when he was unsuccessful at Stage 2, the interview stage, of a competition for appointment as Clerical Officer in the Civil Service. The complainant also claims that he was discriminated against in terms of Section 31 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 on the disability ground and in contravention of section 8 of that Act.