ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION/RECOMMENDATION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00012305

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties	A Team Leader	A Food Company

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-00016300-001	13/12/2017

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 28/08/2018

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: David Mullis

Procedure:

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

Background:

The Complainant was dismissed from the Respondent’s company on foot of a significant number of complaints concerning his bullying of many of the employees with whom he was a team leader. This was contained in the list of documents submitted pre-hearing.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Complainant did not appear on the day of the hearing. He had previously failed to appear at a hearing set up to hear his case.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

There was no oral evidence that the Respondent could respond to, though they did hand in a submission to me.

Findings and Conclusions:

As the Complainant did not appear and present his case to the Tribunal in oral submission, I find that I was not able to proceed with the case.

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.

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.

I find that the complaint fails for want of prosecution.

Dated: 20.09.18

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: David Mullis

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