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10/07/2012
DVA Stopped Female Driving Instructor From Training Further
A female driving test examiner has been awarded £9,000 in sex discrimination compensation after she was stopped from going on a training course.
Frances Colvin, 47, from Moneymore, County Londonderry, said her "stand against unfair treatment" was important for all women.
Ms Colvin took action against the Driver and Vehicle Agency for discriminating against her on the grounds of her sex by refusing to let her go on a training course to become an LGV test examiner.
She has held an LGV licence since 1993 and her case was backed by the Equality Commission.
The tribunal found that Ms Colvin was treated differently from a male colleague, who was sent on the course despite not meeting a course requirement which she did meet.
She formally expressed a wish to train as an LGV examiner, over and over again.
It also found that the DVA treated Ms Colvin less favourably on the grounds that she works part-time.
She has a three-day, 24-hour week at the DVA, based in Cookstown.
Ms Colvin told the Belfast Telegraph newspaper: "I found it very difficult and distressing to take the case against my employers, but I believe that it's very important, not just for me but for all women, to make a stand against unfair treatment and I'm pleased with the tribunal's decision. I'm just looking forward now to progressing my career and fulfilling my ambition."
(NE)
Frances Colvin, 47, from Moneymore, County Londonderry, said her "stand against unfair treatment" was important for all women.
Ms Colvin took action against the Driver and Vehicle Agency for discriminating against her on the grounds of her sex by refusing to let her go on a training course to become an LGV test examiner.
She has held an LGV licence since 1993 and her case was backed by the Equality Commission.
The tribunal found that Ms Colvin was treated differently from a male colleague, who was sent on the course despite not meeting a course requirement which she did meet.
She formally expressed a wish to train as an LGV examiner, over and over again.
It also found that the DVA treated Ms Colvin less favourably on the grounds that she works part-time.
She has a three-day, 24-hour week at the DVA, based in Cookstown.
Ms Colvin told the Belfast Telegraph newspaper: "I found it very difficult and distressing to take the case against my employers, but I believe that it's very important, not just for me but for all women, to make a stand against unfair treatment and I'm pleased with the tribunal's decision. I'm just looking forward now to progressing my career and fulfilling my ambition."
(NE)
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