ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00029271

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Dylan Collins	Relativity Time Resorts Ltd The Clockwork Door

Representatives

N/A

Complaint(s):

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977	CA-00039099-001	07/08/2020

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 24/09/2021

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Breiffni O'Neill

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 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.

Specifically, I conducted a remote hearing in accordance with the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 and Statutory Instrument 359/2020 which designates the Workplace Relations Commission as a body empowered to hold remote hearings.

Despite having been informed of the time and date of the hearing, the Complainant did not attend to give evidence.

Background:

The Complainant did not attend on the day of the hearing to give evidence.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Complainant did not attend on the day of the hearing to give evidence.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

Given the failure of the Complainant to attend on the day of the hearing to give evidence, it was not necessary for the Respondent to give evidence.

Findings and Conclusions:

Given the failure of the Complainant to attend on the day of the hearing to give evidence, I must find that he was not unfairly dismissed.

Decision:

Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under Schedule 6 of that Act.

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.

I find that the Complainant was not unfairly dismissed for the reasons set out above.

Dated: 6th January 2022

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Breiffni O'Neill

Key Words:

Non attendance