The Workplace Relations Commission found Richard Beasley had not established a prima facie case of age discrimination in a recruitment process for an Assistant Principal Officer (Higher) role. The decision, dated July 9, 2026, records no award.
Beasley said feedback describing his interview examples as dated disadvantaged him and affected his scores. The Department Of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform And Digitalisation said candidates were asked for recent examples and assessed against the same competencies; it said Beasley failed to meet the pass mark in two areas.
The adjudication officer found Beasley had not established facts sufficient to raise an inference of discrimination. The complaint was not well founded.