ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00033255
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Derek Mulholland | Imagine Group Ltd Imagine Communications Group Ltd |
Complaint:
Act | Complaint Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 | CA-00044028-001 | 11/05/2021 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 13/10/2021
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Pat Brady
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 - 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.
Background:
The complainant had been employed by the respondent between January and April 2022. In May 2020 he referred the complaints set out above for adjudication.
The complainant did not attend the hearing. No explanation was received for his failure to do so. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The respondent was represented at the hearing. |
Findings and Conclusions:
A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission by the complainant alleging breaches of the above statutes. The said complaint was referred to me for investigation. There was no appearance by or on behalf of the complainant at the hearing. The WRC complaint form now contains a section where the following appears; By providing an email address you are consenting to the Workplace Relations Commission communicating with you by electronic means (eMail) including the serving or giving notice(s)/documents(s) I am satisfied that the said complainant was sent notice by email to the email address provided on the complaint form 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 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.
For the reasons set out above complaint CA-00044028-001, is not well founded. |
Dated: 10th November 2021
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Pat Brady
Key Words:
Complainant ‘No show’. |