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http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,,2206411,00.html
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> A construction company yesterday denied racially discriminating against
> an Asian engineer who was not invited for a job interview, but granted
> one when he re-applied using a fictitious Welsh name.
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> A catchment manager at the Amec Group told an employment tribunal the
> reason Qamar Mohammed Maliks alter ego, Rhyddir Aled Lloyd-Hilbert, was
> given an interview and Mr Malik was not was because the fake applicant
> said he was planning to move to Wales, whereas Mr Malik had a Reading
> address on his CV.
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> Mike Hartwell, who worked for the construction arm of Amec, which has
> since been bought by Morgan Est, rejected any notion of racism in the
> selection process.
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> He told the tribunal in Cardiff: The difference with Mr Lloyd-Hilbert
> was that he indicated on his CV that he was looking to move to Wales.
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> Mr Malik, 49, who moved to south Wales with his family more than 30
> years ago, claims Amec ignored his CV last November purely because of
> his name.
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> He told the tribunal that an office manager in Treforest, south Wales,
> indicated on the phone they could find him work given his experience,
> but after the company had looked at his CV he was told they had no
> suitable vacancies.
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> He then composed a similar CV, but for a slightly older man with
> inferior qualifications. Mr Lloyd-Hilbert was emailed a job
> description for a quality inspector with a maximum salary of Ł33,000,
> the tribunal heard.
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> Mr Malik claimed out of 143 staff at the Treforest premises, only one
> was from an ethnic minority background. He said: It tells me that we
> are blind to you, you are closed and you never see us.
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> Mr Hartwell replied: No, my point is that racial origin doesnt matter
> to me. We recruit the best person for the job.
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> The tribunal reserved judgment until a later date.