ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00031419

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Valerie Sunner	Fisher Property Management

Representatives

Complaint(s):

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 21 Equal Status Act, 2000	CA-00041744-001	31/12/2020

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 08/03/2022

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Conor Stokes

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 25 of the Equal Status Act, 2000, 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:

This matter was heard by way of remote hearing pursuant to the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2020 and S.I. No. 359/2020 which designates the WRC as a body empowered to hold remote hearings.

I delayed the start of the hearing by 15 minutes to afford the complainant or a representative the opportunity to attend. Only the respondent’s representative attended this hearing.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The complainant did not attend the hearing of this matter.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

The respondent attended the hearing and indicated that it understood that the complainant was deceased.

Findings and Conclusions:

The complainant did not attend the hearing of this matter. Although the respondent indicated that it understood that the complainant was deceased, the WRC was not able to independently verify this. In the circumstances, I find that the respondent did not engage in prohibited conduct.

Decision:

Section 25 of the Equal Status Acts, 2000 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under section 27 of that Act.

My decision, in all the circumstances, is that the respondent did not engage in prohibited conduct.

Dated: 15-03-2022

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Conor Stokes

Key Words:

Equal Status – deceased complainant – no prohibited conduct