Recruitment and disability: online multiple-choice psychometric test was indirectly discriminatory

Government Legal Service v Brookes [2017] IRLR 780 EAT

disability discrimination | recruitment selection | multiple-choice tests

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a requirement for a job applicant with Asperger's syndrome to complete an online multiple-choice psychometric test was indirectly discriminatory. The EAT also upheld claims for discrimination arising from disability and failure to make reasonable adjustments.