ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00017258
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Carol Hutton | Thunders Bakery Limited |
| Complainant | Respondent |
Anonymised Parties |
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Representatives | Did not attend | The HR Suite |
Complaint(s):
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 | CA-00022310-001 | 02/10/2018 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 07/06/2019
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Maire Mulcahy
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 79 of the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 - 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 submitted a complaint that the respondent had discriminated against her contrary to the provisions of the Employment Equality Act 1998. The complainant did not attend the hearing. |
Summary of Complainant’s Case:
The complainant did not attend the hearing. The complainant had requested a postponement on the 5 June which was refused. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The respondent and their representatives attended the hearing |
Findings and Conclusions:
A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations commission from the complainant on 5 October 2018 alleging that her employer contravened the provisions of the Employment Equality Act 1998 in relation to her. The said complaint was referred to me for investigation. A hearing for that purpose was held on7 June 2019. There was no appearance by or on behalf of the complainant at the hearing. I am satisfied that the said complainant was informed in writing of the date, time and place at which the hearing to investigate the complaint would be held. In these circumstances and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary having been adduced before me, I must conclude that the within complaint is not well-founded and I decide accordingly. |
Decision:
Section 79 of the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under section 82 of the Act.
I decide that this complaint is not well founded. |
Dated: 7th August 2019
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Maire Mulcahy