ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00015974
Complaint:
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991 | CA-00020689-001 | 20/07/2018 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 24/09/2018
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Penelope McGrath
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 41(4) of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and following the presentation by an employee of a complaint of a contravention by an employer of an Act contained in Schedule 5 of the Workplace Relations Act of 2015, made to the Director General and following a referral by the said Director General of this matter to the Adjudication services, I can confirm that I have fulfilled my obligation to make all relevant inquiries into the complaint. I have additionally and where appropriate heard the oral evidence of the parties and their witnesses and have taken account of the evidence tendered in the course of the hearing.
In particular, the Complainant herein has referred a complaint of a contravention of Section 5 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991. Pursuant to Section 6 of the said 1991 Act, in circumstances where the complaint is deemed to be well founded, compensation in the amount so specified may be awarded.
The Complaint is specified in the Workplace Relations complaint Form dated the 20th of July 2018 was submitted within the time allowed.
Findings and Conclusions:
I am satisfied that the parties were notified of the hearing date given – 24th of September. It is noted that the Respondent was represented at the hearing but that the Complainant did not arrive at the allocated time and place. No contact has been made by the Complainant since that time and it is appropriate that this complaint be Struck Out. |
Decision:
Section 41 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 Schedule 6 of that Act.
This complaint is Struck Out in circumstances where it was not pursued. |
Dated: 02/10/2018
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Penelope McGrath