WRC had no jurisdiction over Azzeddine Djellal’s age discrimination complaint

The Workplace Relations Commission found it had no jurisdiction to investigate Azzeddine Djellal’s age discrimination complaint against Motor Distributors Limited. The decision was dated 26 July 2021; the merits were not decided. Djellal had applied for a Dublin-based customer service role with a company in the Netherlands. He said he was asked to give his age and suspected it affected his application. Motor Distributors Limited said it was a separate company and had no involvement in recruitment. The WRC found the Dutch company controlled recruitment and was separate from the respondent.