A garda who was marked down in an interview for a detective post three years ago when she was obviously pregnant has won €10,000 in compensation for sexist discrimination
The WRC noted the importance of including an independent member on an interview panel and found that the absence of such a member on the garda panel was a concern.
However, when she went to interview for the role in a second competition in August 2020, while she was 36 weeks pregnant, she received a grade of 70 per cent, the tribunal was told. Gda McCoy accepted under cross-examination by State counsel Aislinn O’Donnell BL that the incident room course was not part of the detective role profile.
Mr Bolger said discrimination could be “inadvertent” and that his client was not claiming anyone “set out to discriminate against her” but that the difference in how she was assessed “must be examined”.Ms O’Donnell, defending the claim on instructions from the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, argued Gda McCoy’s discrimination claim was “entirely speculative” and that the 2020 detective competition was “based on objective ratings to ensure that the candidates were appointed on merit”.
She found there had been an “undue emphasis” on “performance” at the interview, impacting a “proper consideration” of the complainant’s answers to competency questions.
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