ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00016897

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Daniel George Zorila	Beechvale Transport Ltd.

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties

Representatives

Peninsula Group Limited

Complaint:

Act	Complaint Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998	CA-00021938-001	18/09/2018

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 10/07/2019

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Marie Flynn

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.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Complainant did not attend the adjudication hearing.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

The Respondent attended the adjudication hearing.

Findings and Conclusions:

A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission from the Complainant on 18th September 2018 alleging that his former employer contravened the provisions of the Employment Equality Acts in relation to him. The said complaint was referred to me for investigation. A hearing for that purpose was held on 10th July 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 find that this complaint is not well founded.

Dated: 24th July 2019

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Marie Flynn

Key Words:

Non-attendance by the Complainant