ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00049053

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Pavel Konosonok	Adrian O'Reilly

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-00060322-001	19/09/2023

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 12/03/2024

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: David James Murphy

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and Section 25 of the Equal Status Act, 2000, following the referral of the complaint(s)/dispute(s) to me by the Director General, I inquired into the complaint(s)/dispute(s) and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any evidence relevant to the complaint(s)/dispute(s).

Background:

The Complainant brought equal status complaints against the Respondent Garda and several other parties.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Complainant did not attend the hearing.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

The Respondent did not attend the hearing

Findings and Conclusions:

I am satisfied that both parties were notified of the hearing and that neither attended.

The Respondent’s representatives sent a letter before the hearing arguing the WRC does not have jurisdiction over this case.

The Complainant was notified of the hearing at an email address he had used previously to correspond with the WRC and was contained on his complaint form. He was explicitly told by email on the 4th of March that the hearing was going ahead after he had responded to a letter from the Respondent’s solicitor.

He did not attend the hearing.

In the circumstances the complaint cannot succeed.

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.

The complaint is not well founded.

Dated: 20th March, 2024

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: David James Murphy

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