An Equality Officer found that a university did not discriminate against an employee with a disability when it did not shortlist him for an assistant lecturer position. The decision was dated 19 January 2016.
The employee applied for a post in the university’s Anthropology Department in June 2012 and questioned the shortlisting criteria, saying his disability had influenced the decision. The institution said no member of the selection panel knew he had a disability.
The officer found that the shortlisting process was conducted to a high professional standard and that the employee had not established a case of disability discrimination. The officer extended the time limit to 12 months after finding reasonable cause for the delay, as the employee had sought the competition scorecard before referring the claim.