ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00057781
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Cristina Bargan | L'Ombre Salon Expert Limited |
Representatives | None in attendance | None in attendance |
Complaint:
Act | Complaint Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 | CA-00070388-001 | 30/03/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 25/11/2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Kara Turner
Procedure:
In accordance with section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 - 2015, following the referral of the claim to me by the Director General, I inquired into the claim and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any evidence relevant to the claim.
Background:
The complainant referred a claim for redress to the Commission under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, as amended.
No submissions were received by or on behalf of the complainant in relation to this claim, and the complainant did not attend the hearing arranged for the adjudication of the claim. |
Findings and Conclusions:
On 30 March 2025, the complainant referred to the Commission a claim against the respondent for redress for unfair dismissal. A legal representative came on record for the complainant in relation to this claim in early April 2025. Notice of the hearing arrangements issued to that representative on 25 September 2025. On 21 November 2025, the representative informed the Commission they were coming off record in this matter. The complainant did not attend the hearing arranged for 25 November 2025. I allowed some time for any delay on the part of the complainant and closed the hearing after efforts made to contact the complainant were unsuccessful. The complainant did not contact the Commission to advise of any difficulty on her part in attending the hearing on 25 November 2025, or to inform the Commission that she would not be attending. As of the date of this decision, the complainant has not been in contact with the Commission in relation to the hearing date or in furtherance of the claim. This was one of three adjudication files in which the complainant was involved, which files were joined as requested. I am satisfied that the complainant was notified of the hearing arrangements in accordance with the contact information provided. There is no information before me to explain the complainant’s non-attendance or her failure to contact the Commission regarding the hearing. In the circumstances and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I must conclude that the claim against the respondent is not well founded, and I decide accordingly. |
Decision:
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.
For the reasons set out above, my decision is that the complainant was not unfairly dismissed. |
Dated: 09-12-25
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Kara Turner
Key Words:
Unfair dismissal claim – Complainant did not attend the hearing |