'Word heavy' test | Dyslexic candidate wins discrimination case citing unfair recruitment process

A dyslexic candidate for a government role has won a discrimination case and £15,000 in compensation after it was decided that the recruitment process was flawed, and he was left at an unfair disadvantage.

Terry Johnston, who applied for a role in the Department of Finance in Belfast’s Stormont, claimed the organisation failed to make reasonable adjustments in their recruitment process and consider his dyslexia.