ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00018814
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Anonymised Parties | A Security Officer | Security Company |
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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-00024253-001 | 18/12/2018 |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 | CA-00024253-002 | 18/12/2018 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 12/02/2019
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Penelope McGrath BL
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 8 (1)(a) of the Unfair Dismissals Act of 1977 (as substituted) and where a claim for redress under the Unfair Dismissals legislation is being made the claim is referred to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission who in turn refers any such claim to an Adjudication Officer, so appointed, for the purpose of having the said claim heard in the manner prescribed in Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and in particular the said Adjudication Officer is obliged to make all relevant inquiries into the complaint.
The Complainant has additionally brought a claim under the Payment of Wages Act. In accordance with Section 41(4) of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and following the presentation by an employee of a complaint of a contravention by an employer of an Act contained in Schedule 5 of the Workplace Relations Act of 2015 (including the Payment of Wages Act), made to the Director General and following a referral by the said Director General of this matter to the Adjudication services, I can confirm that I have been requested to make all relevant inquiries into the complaint.
This is a a complaint of a contravention of Section 5 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991, that being a Complaint of an unlawful deduction having been made from the Employee’s wage.
Background:
The Workplace Relations Complaint Form is dated the 18th of December 2018 |
Summary of Complainant’s Case:
The Complainant did not attend. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The Complainant did not attend to present his Complaint in person. The Respondent did not attend the hearing either. I can confirm that I have not been provided with any information regarding the non-attendance of the parties. |
Findings and Conclusions:
The Complainant did not make out his case and I cannot therefore find his Complaints to be well-founded. |
Decision:
Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the unfair dismissal claim consisting of a grant of redress in accordance with section 7 of the 1977 Act.
The complaints herein are not well-founded and therefore Struck Out. |
Dated: 28th May, 2019
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Penelope McGrath BL
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