WRC rejects employee’s family-status discrimination complaint

The WRC found an employee’s family-status discrimination complaint against an employer was brought outside the time limit and was not well founded; the merits were not decided. The decision was dated 13 October 2023. The employee alleged that his 2002 dismissal and later proceedings over a loan judgment amounted to continuing discrimination affecting his livelihood. The employer said his dismissal followed an investigation into a disputed signature on a loan application, and that the dismissal was upheld on appeal. The adjudicator found no ongoing discrimination and said the alleged discrimination dated back to the employee’s dismissal in 2002. The officer also found the matter had been the subject of earlier proceedings.