ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00026931

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Corie Tracey	Metropolitan Films

Representatives

Liz Murray, Irish Film Workers Association

Ciaran Loughran, IBEC

Complaints:

Act	Complaint Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991	CA-00033675-001	09/01/2020
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 27 of the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997	CA-00033675-002	09/01/2020
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 7 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994	CA-00033675-003	09/01/2020

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 06/03/2023

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne

Procedure:

Mr Tracey is a member of the Irish Film Workers’ Association (IFWA) and is represented by Ms Liz Murray. Metropolitan Film Productions Limited is represented by Mr Ciarán Loughran of IBEC.

Between December 2019 and March 2020, Mr Tracey and 38 colleagues in IFWA submitted complaints to the WRC under various employment law statutes. The scheduling of hearings was delayed due to restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic and, because of efforts to manage the hearings as efficiently as possible. In respect of Mr Tracey’s specific complaints, a hearing was scheduled for March 6th 2023 at 9.30am. Ms Murray attended to represent Mr Tracey and to present a submission on his behalf, however, he did not attend the hearing. In advance of the hearing, Mr Tracey did not inform the WRC that he would not attend, and, afterwards, he did not send an explanation for his failure to attend.

Decision:

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

In the circumstances where the complainant did not attend the hearing, and, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary having been submitted, I must conclude that these complaints are not well-founded, and I decide accordingly.

Dated: 15-03-2023

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne

Key Words:

The complainant did not attend the hearing.