PW1:
In the screening interview process I was not surprised because
I was informed by the bank that after our shortlisting, they have
decided that all the internal candidates, that’s people that are
already working in the bank and that are candidates that have
not passed the shortlisting stage, the bank decided on the own
that all those that have about twenty five will be retained for
the next stage. Therefore, I know that some candidates will
redo that. (Bold for emphasis)
The Respondent submits Exhibit 17, a letter dated 28th April, 2017 as its
rebuttal to the claims of irregularity alleged by the Applicant. In the letter,
the Respondent reminded the Applicant that the same process which he
condemns as being fraught with irregularity was the one used in his initial
recruitment. In a twist, the Respondent’s submits the Applicant’s letter
dated 8th May, 2017 and marked as Exhibit 18 which ironically maintains
the claim of the Applicant that the process was illegal but fails to rebut the
evidence in the Respondent’s Exhibit 17 which is the Letter reminding the
Applicant that the process was fair because it was the same one used to
employ him in the first instance. The issue before the Court is noncompliance with the Staff Rules and Regulations of the Respondent
pursuant to recruitment of the position for Director, Public Sector
Operations not a prior process. The Court notes also that the said Staff
Rules and Regulations provides that a staff member can question the
conditions of service if they feel that it goes contrary to the law.
Therefore, as to whether the Applicant submitted evidence in support of his
claim of non-compliance with procedure by the Respondent in the
recruitment process, the Court finds that he did not sufficiently discharge
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