€45k over ‘manipulated’ interview

The Equality Tribunal has awarded an accountant €45,000 after it ruled that her employer had manipulated a job interview process to choose a less-qualified candidate.

The finding was made against the Irish division of the international engineering consultancy firm, WYG Engineering, which was put into liquidation last year.

The tribunal found that the firm had manipulated interview notes and a marking system so as to favour a male, part-qualified candidate for the job.