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flag The HSE must pay €13,000 after denying a Lithuanian man a job over a discriminatory Irish driver’s license rule.

flag The Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) must pay €13,000 in compensation after a Workplace Relations Committee ruled it discriminated against Gediminas Gvazdauskas, a Lithuanian national, by requiring a driver’s statement from Ireland’s National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) for a porter/driver role. flag Gvazdauskas, who held a valid Lithuanian licence and had no driving offences, could not provide the NDLS document and was denied the job despite meeting other requirements, including Garda vetting and a letter from Lithuanian authorities. flag The WRC found the policy disproportionately affected non-Irish nationals and violated the Employment Equality Act 1998, even though the HSE claimed the requirement was necessary and offered extensions. flag The committee ordered the HSE to review its driver recruitment criteria and report findings to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission within six months.

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