Asian man offered interview after name change

A Pakistani-born engineer who was turned down for a job reapplied using a fictitious Welsh name, and was granted an interview, an employment tribunal has heard. 

Qamar Mohammed Malik, 48, was told that he was suitably qualified for a post with Amec Utilities Ltd, a multinational company, but he was rejected without being interviewed.

He decided to reapply for the position, at the company’s waste water plant in Treforest, Wales, using the fake, Welsh-sounding name Rhyddir Ale... (123 more words)

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