ADJUDICATION OFFICER RECOMMENDATION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00017625
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Anonymised Parties | An Operations Manager | A Shipping Services Company |
Complaint:
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 20(1) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2015 | CA-00022732-002 | 21/10/2018 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 19/02/2019
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969, these complaints and disputes were assigned to me by the Director General. I conducted a hearing on February 19th 2019, and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence relevant to the complaints.
The complainant was represented by Ms Shonagh Byrne of SIPTU and the respondent was represented by Mr David Boughton BL, instructed by Mr Sam Saarsteiner of Clark Hill Solicitors. The complainant reports to the company’s founder and general manager, who also attended the hearing.
Background:
The respondent company operates in Dublin Port and is engaged in surveying and inspection of ships delivering petroleum products to Ireland. It also has contracts for surveying of ships carrying agricultural products and minerals and for the pre-shipment inspection of goods for export. The complainant joined the company in 2002 as a petroleum cargo surveyor and after an absence to do military service in his native Croatia in 2003, he resumed employment in 2004. He was appointed as operations manager in February 2006 and he is on an annual salary of €63,000. In all, 13 complaints were submitted to the WRC by the complainant under three adjudication reference numbers, ADJ-00017082 (25th September 2018), ADJ-00017625 (7th and 21st October 2018) and ADJ-00018092 (18th November 2018). At the opening of the hearing, Ms Byrne confirmed that this complaint under ADJ-00017625 is withdrawn. All the complainant’s complaints have been adjudicated upon under ADJ-00017082. |
Decision:
Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Acts, 1969 requires that I make a recommendation in relation to the dispute.
As this complaint was withdrawn at the hearing on February 19th 2019, I make no recommendation. |
Dated: 7th March 2019
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Key Words:
Complaint withdrawn. |