ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00016734

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties	A Sales and Marketing Executive	A Financial Software Company

Representatives

Iain Conlon -Representative

Did not attend the Hearing.

Complaint(s):

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-00021740-001	11/09/2018

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 19/11/2018

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and or Section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991 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).

This Adjudication is closely allied to Adjudication 16731

Background:

The issues in contention concern a claim for alleged Unpaid Wages and Holiday Pay due to the Complainant.

1: Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Complainant worked for the Respondent from 16/04/2018 to the 17th /09/2018. On cessation she was due € 2,115.66 Gross Pay. She has received no salary or wages for this period. Holiday Pay was also outstanding.

The sum outstanding is therefore €2,115.66 Gross Pay plus €625 Holiday pay = €2,740.66

2: Summary of Respondent’s Case:

The Respondent did not attend the Hearing. No evidence was presented.

3: Findings and Conclusions:

I was satisfied that the Respondent had been put properly on notice of the Hearing.

The Complainant provided written evidence of her employment including numerous copy text messages, a P45 and Pay Slips that had been issued but not honoured.

I took her evidence to be credible.

Accordingly, under the powers conferred on me by the Terms of the Payment of Wages Act,1991, I award the sum of € 2,740.66 to the Complainant.

The taxation of the award to be considered in conjunction with the Revenue Commissioners.

4: Decision:

Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and Section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint(s)/dispute(s) in accordance with the relevant redress provisions of the cited Acts.

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Summary Decision /Please refer to Section 3 above for detailed reasoning.
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991	CA-00021740-001	An award of € 2,740.66 is made to the Complainant.

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Michael McEntee

Date: 10th January, 2019