LCR23327

PARTIES:

DIVISION:

SUBJECT:

Referral under Section 20(1) Industrial Relations Act 1969

BACKGROUND:

The Worker referred this case to the Labour Court on 3 April 2026in accordance with Section 20 (1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1969 and agreed to be bound by the Court’s Recommendation.

A Labour Court hearing took place on 12 August 2026.

RECOMMENDATION:

The Dispute

The Worker referred the within dispute regarding the imposition of a Final Writing Warning to the Court under section 20(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 on 3 April 2026. The Court sat to consider the referral on 12 August 2026. There was no appearance on behalf of the Respondent company, Elis Textiles Limited (‘the Company’), at the hearing.

The Worker’s Submission

The Worker provided an extremely lengthy written submission to the Court that detailed several aspects of his ongoing relationship with the Company. However, the nub of his complaint is that a Final Writing Warning was imposed on him on 2 July 2025 following a disciplinary process that arose from his alleged failure to react appropriately to a fire alarm which sounded in the Company’s premises on 6 February 2025.

In response to a question from the Court, the Worker’s Representative confirmed that the aforementioned Final Written Warning had been decreased to a 12-month Written Warning on appeal and that this had been communicated in writing to the Worker on 22 August 2025. The Representative also confirmed that the Written Warning had expired on 1 July 2026.

Discussion and Recommendation

Having considered the chronology of events briefly outlined above, the Court finds that the dispute referred by the Worker is moot, the Written Warning he complains of having expired.

The Court recommends that the Worker should now accept that the issue he complains of is no longer current and focus on his future in the workplace.

The Court so recommends.

	Signed on behalf of the Labour Court
	Alan Haugh
CC	______________________
17/09/2026	Deputy Chairman

NOTE

Enquiries concerning this Recommendation should be in writing and addressed to Ms Ceola Cronin, Court Secretary.