Consultants lose age discrimination case over pay

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The Workplace Relations Commission rejected age discrimination claims brought by 11 hospital consultants in decisions reported on 1 March 2024.

The claims concerned lower pay for consultants appointed after 1 October 2012, compared with earlier hires doing comparable work. The tribunal found the difference arose from recruitment date and red-circling, rather than age, and dismissed the test cases.