ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Decision Reference: ADJ-00000571

Complaint for Resolution:

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 08/03/2016

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Pat Brady

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41(4) of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 following the referral of the complaint to me by the Director General, I inquired into the complaint and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any evidence relevant to the complaint..

Complainant’s Submission and Presentation:

The claimant stated only in his submission that he was ‘claiming a breach of the Act’.

He did not attend a the hearing.

Respondent’s Submission and Presentation:

The respondent did not attend the hearing

Decision:

Section 41(4) of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under the Act.

Both parties and their representatives were informed by letter sent by registered post on February 15^th 2016 that a hearing was scheduled for March 8^th 2016.

Neither the complainant nor the respondent attended the hearing.

As part of my investigation under Section 41 (4) of the Act, I am obliged to hold a hearing. All reasonable efforts were made to inform the complainant of the hearing. I find that the complainants’ failure to attend such a hearing was unreasonable in the circumstances outlined above and that any obligation under Act has ceased.

As no evidence was given at the hearing in support of the allegations of discrimination, I conclude the investigation and find against the complainant.

I dismiss the complaint.

Dated:   7^th June 2016