ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00004343

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties	A Financial Manager	A Finance House

Complaint(s):

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977	CA-00006125-001	26/07/2016

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 02/05/2017

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Michael McEntee

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 – 2015 following the referral of the complaint(s)/dispute(s) to me by the Director General, I inquired into the complaint(s)/dispute(s) and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any evidence relevant to the complaint(s)/dispute(s).

1: Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Complainant did not attend the Oral Hearing and no evidence was produced.

2: Summary of Respondent’s Case:

As the Complainant did not attend the Oral hearing and no evidence was produced the Respondent was not required to go into rebuttal evidence.

3: Findings and Conclusions:

The Complainant did not attend the Oral Hearing. A considerable period of time was allowed to elapse post the hearing to await any Complainant communications. None were forthcoming.

Accordingly the claim is dismissed for want of prosecution.

4: Decision:

Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the unfair dismissal claim consisting of a grant of redress in accordance with section 7 of the 1977 Act.

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Formal Decision. Ref Section 3 above for detailed reasoning.
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977	CA-00006125-001	Claim dismissed for want of prosecution.

Dated: 02/11/17

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Michael McEntee

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