Family-status discrimination complaint against Institute for Study Abroad rejected

The Workplace Relations Commission found a family-status discrimination complaint by Colleen Doyle against Institute For Study Abroad not well founded. The decision was dated 9 October 2023. Doyle said she was asked during a job interview whether she had children and how old they were. The Institute denied asking those questions and said she had volunteered information about her family while discussing her doctoral thesis, which it considered relevant to the role. The adjudication officer preferred the Institute witness’s account and found Doyle had not established facts from which discrimination could be inferred.