ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00056365
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Jennifer Zunga | Dublin Zoo Magic Memories |
| Complainant | Respondent |
Anonymised Parties | {text} | {text} |
Representatives | Did not appear and was not represented | Mark O’Connor Head of HR Michelle Orr, HR and Recruitment Administrator |
Complaint(s):
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991 | CA-00068593-001 | 14/01/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 16/05/2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Donal Moore
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 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.
Background:
The Complainant submitted on their complaint form that their employer had not paid them €80 due to them under section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991 The hearing was attended by the Respondent representative Mark O’Connor Head of HR and Michelle Orr, HR and Recruitment Administrator The Complainant did not attend and after waiting a reasonable amount of time for the Complainant and hearing from the Respondent the hearing was properly closed. |
Summary of Complainant’s Case:
The Complainant did not attend and was not represented |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The Respondent submits that the wrong party had been named by the Complainant, and they have never been an employee of Dublin Zoo. The submitted that the case should be dismissed on that basis. |
Findings and Conclusions:
In the circumstances were the Complainant did not appear and despite attempts to contact them did not further contact the Commission to explain their absence and having considered all the evidence presented in relation to this complaint, and having waited some days to issue my decision to allow the Complainant an opportunity to explain their absence, my decision is that the complaint is not well founded. |
Decision:
Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint(s)/dispute(s) in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under Schedule 6 of that Act.
Having considered all the evidence presented in relation to this complaint, my decision is that the complaint is not well founded. |
Dated: 30-05-25
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Donal Moore
Key Words:
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