ADJUDICATION OFFICER RECOMMENDATION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00027134
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Anonymised Parties | An Office Administrator | A Print Service |
Representatives | Did not attend | N/A |
Complaint:
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under the Industrial Relations Acts | CA-00034727-001 | 19/02/2020 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 01/09/2020
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: John Harraghy
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Acts 1969following 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.
Background:
The Employee commenced employment with the Employer on 30/09/2019 as an office administrator. She was asked to undertake some payroll duties and she told her employer that this was not her role. Her relationship with her employer changed after this. She was advised in January 2020 that as a result of the assessment of its business needs the company was changing its business model. In that context the Employee’s contract of employment would be terminated with effect from 24/01/2020. Her gross pay was €2666.66 per month. The employee submitted her complaint to the WRC on 19/02/2020. |
Summary of Employee’s Case:
There was no appearance by or on behalf of the Employee. I note the correspondence on file which was issued notifying the Employee in relation to the date, time and venue of the hearing. |
Summary of Employer’s Case:
The Employer and his representative attended the hearing and indicated that they were prepared to defend the complaint. |
Findings and Conclusions:
A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations commission from the employee on 19/02/2020 alleging that her former employer contravened the provisions of Industrial Relations Act in relation to her. The said complaint was referred to me for investigation. A hearing for that purpose was held on 01/09/2020. There was no appearance by or on behalf of the employee at the hearing. I am satisfied that the said employee 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 13 of the Industrial Relations Acts, 1969 requires that I make a recommendation in relation to the dispute.
I recommend that this complaint is not well-founded. |
Dated:October 1st 2020
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: John Harraghy
Key Words:
Unfair Dismissal, non attendance |