Log in or become a subscriber

There was nothing discriminatory about giving a female candidate less notice of a recruitment interview, nor in appointing shortlisted men ahead of her, a tribunal has ruled.

The candidate's case was "circumstantial", NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Senior Member Peter Roney and General Member Dr Maree Murray said.

"There is, as it is sometimes called, no smoking gun to which [she] can point."

The candidate had been performing driver duties for NSW's Inner West Council, as a labour hire agency casual, since November 2023. In mid-2024 she unsuccessfully applied for its advertised permanent loader and driver positions...