ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00014288
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Marek Smilowski | Noonan Services Group Ltd |
Representatives |
| John Barry, Management Support Services (Ireland) Ltd |
Complaints:
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 21 Equal Status Act, 2000 | CA-00011860-001 | 07/06/2017 |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 | CA-00011860-002 | 07/06/2017 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 05/07/2018
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, Section 79 of the Employment Equality Acts 1998 – 2015 and Section 25 of the Equal Status Act 2000,these complaints were assigned to me by the Director General. A hearing was arranged for July 5th 2018, to give the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present evidence relevant to the complaint.
The respondent was represented by Mr John Barry of Management Support Services Ireland Limited. He was accompanied by two senior members of the respondent’s Operations and Human Resources Departments. The complainant did not attend, although he was properly on notice of the time and date of the hearing.
Decision:
Section 79 of the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under section 82 of the Act and 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.
As the complainant has failed to attend to establish the validity of his complaints, I conclude the investigation and find against him. |
Dated: 1st August, 2018
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Key Words:
Non-attendance of the complainant |