WRC rules gender discrimination complaints against school were out of time

The Workplace Relations Commission found it had no jurisdiction over Edmund Gillespie’s two gender discrimination complaints against Dromore National School because they were out of time. Adjudication Officer Emer O'Shea dated the decision 18 October 2021; the merits were not decided. Gillespie said he had been passed over for an assistant principal post and sought an extension, citing family caring responsibilities and his later awareness of a similar case. The WRC found the relevant period began when he was notified of the interview result on 9 November 2018. It accepted that his family circumstances were challenging but found they did not explain or justify the delay.