ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION/RECOMMENDATION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00008598

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties	Driver	Take Away outlet

Representatives

Did not attend

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-00011462-001	22/05/2017

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 25/10/2017

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: John Tierney

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 [and/or Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 -] 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).

Background:

The Claimant is claiming unfair dismissal.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Claimant was employed as a driver by the Respondent from September 2014 until May 2017 when he was dismissed. He was not given any specific reason for his dismissal.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

There was an unexplained absence of the Respondent.

Decision:

Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint(s)/dispute(s) in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under Schedule 6 of that Act.

[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.]

As there was an unexplained absence of the Respondent I accept the uncontested evidence presented by the Claimant. I find the claim well founded and award €17,000.00 in compensation.

Dated: 12th July, 2018

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: John Tierney

Key Words:

Unfair dismissal