ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00019794

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Roberto Alamazani	Gerry Collery

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties	Mr Roberto Alamazani	Mr Gerry Collery

Representatives

Flynn O'Driscoll Flynn O'Driscoll Business Lawyers

Complaint(s):

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 21 Equal Status Act, 2000	CA-00026150-001	08/02/2019

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 22/05/2019

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Roger McGrath

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 25 of the Equal Status Act, 2000,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).

Background:

A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations commission by Mr Alamazani on 8th February 2019 alleging that the respondent contravened the provisions of the Equal Status Act, 2000, in relation to him. The said complaint was referred to me for investigation. A hearing for that purpose was held on 22nd May 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.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The complainant did not attend the hearing.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

The respondent did attend the hearing.

Findings and Conclusions:

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 25 of the Equal Status Acts, 2000 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under section 27 of that Act.

The complaint is not well founded.

Dated: 4th June 2019