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Withdrawing offer based on referee's credibility wasn't victimisation
A CEO's strong "negative reaction" to a candidate's referee provided an understandable basis for not hiring him, a commission has ruled in rejecting his victimisation claim.
The candidate sought relief from victimisation in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, after his application for a senior finance business partner role at Parramatta Council was unsuccessful in July last year.
He alleged the Council's CEO refused to appoint him to the role because he had claimed unfair dismissal in 2019, after his contract with another Council was terminated (that claim was settled)...
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