ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00035609
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Sweetie Luan Lindonde | Parkside Childcare |
Representatives | Did not attend. | M. & B. Ceillier Solicitors. Mr. Barry O’Mahony, B. L |
Complaint(s):
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 | CA-00046704-001 | 15/10/2021 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 26/09/2022
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Maire Mulcahy
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 79 of the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 - 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. On this date, I attended at a hearing in Lansdowne House. The changes arising from the judgment of the Supreme Court in Zalewski v. Adjudication Officer and WRC, Ireland and the Attorney General [2021] IESC 24 on 6 April 2021 were notified to the parties in advance of the hearing.
I gave the parties an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence relevant to the complaints.
The respondent was represented by the above-named solicitor and barrister and by its own management personnel.
The complainant did not attend.
Background:
The complainant submitted a complaint on 15/10/2021 that the respondent had discriminated against her on grounds of disability, contrary to the provisions of the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. |
Summary of Complainant’s Case:
Summary of Complainant’s Case: The complainant did not attend the hearing on the 26/09/2022. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
Summary of Respondent’s Case: The respondent and its representatives attended the hearing. |
Findings and Conclusions:
A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations commission from the complainant on 15/10/2021 alleging that the respondent had contravened the provisions of the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. A hearing for that complaint was convened on 26/9/2022. There was no appearance by the complainant at the hearing. I am satisfied that the said complainant 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 79 of the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under section 82 of the Act.
I decide that the complaint under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015 is not well founded. |
Dated: 11th October 2022
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Maire Mulcahy
Key Words:
No show. |