ADJUDICATION OFFICER Recommendation on dispute under Industrial Relations Act 1969

Investigation Recommendation Reference: IR - SC - 00004833

Parties:

	Worker	Employer
Anonymised Parties	A Worker	An Employer

Representatives

No Attendance

Dispute:

Act	Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969	CA-00073886	29/07/2025

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Seamus Clinton

Date of Hearing: 28/05/2026 & 22/07/2026

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 (as amended) following the referral of the dispute to me by the Director General, I inquired into the dispute and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard and to present any information relevant to the dispute. The hearing was held in the Hearing Rooms of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Carlow. The worker attended the hearing on 28th May 2026 which was adjourned to allow her to make a submission on the complaints that were before the WRC. The worker did not forward a submission. The worker nor an employer representative attended the hearing on 22nd July 2026.

Background:

The worker submitted complaints to the WRC which were received on 29th July 2025.

Summary of Workers Case:

The worker did not attend the hearing to make out her complaints.

Summary of Employer’s Case:

The employer did not attend the hearing to answer the complaints.

Conclusions:

As the worker did not make a submission or attend the hearing on 22nd July 2026 to make out her complaints, I recommend that the dispute with her former employer is not well founded.

Recommendation:

Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 requires that I make a recommendation in relation to the dispute.

I recommend that the workers’ dispute with her former employer is not well founded.

Dated: 28th of July 2026.

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Seamus Clinton

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