ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00057499
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Bahar Dikme | Awp Health &Life Sa Irish Branch Allianz Partners |
Representatives | Did not attend | Did not attend |
Complaint(s):
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 | CA-00069823-001 | 06/03/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 10/07/2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: John Harraghy
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 79 of the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 - 2015, following the referral of the complaint to me by the Director General, a hearing was arranged for 10/07/2025 in Lansdowne House to allow me to inquire 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.
The hearing was scheduled for 04/12/2024. There was no appearance by or on behalf of the Complainant or the Respondent.
I am satisfied that the Complainant and the Respondent were issued with letters on 26/05/2025 advising the parties of the date, time and venue of the hearing. The e-mail to the Complainant was the one provided by the Complainant and for which she used for all correspondence with the WRC.
In order to exercise a significant amount of caution I allowed a period of time to elapse before bringing the hearing to a close. There was no further communication received from or on behalf of the Complainant or the Respondent to indicate why they did not attend. The Complainant and the Respondent were advised of the WRC postponement process on 26/05/2025 but they did not make any such applications.
Background:
The complainant submitted a complaint to the WRC 06/03/2025 seeking adjudication by the WRC under Sectio 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998. |
Summary of Complainant’s Case:
The Complainant did not attend the hearing. No submissions, apart from the complaint form dated 06/03/2025 were received from the Complainant. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The Respondent did not attend the hearing. No submissions were received from the Respondent. |
Findings and Conclusions:
I am satisfied that the Complainant was properly notified of the hearing arrangements. I find that her non-attendance at the hearing, without any notification, to pursue this complaint to be unreasonable. In the absence of any evidence proffered by or on behalf of the Complainant seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998, I find this complaint is not well-founded. |
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.
For the reasons set out above, I find that the Complainant was not discriminated against and that this complaint is not well founded. |
Dated: 31-07-2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: John Harraghy
Key Words:
Non-attendance. |