ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00056609

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Jacob Benarros Neto	Chief Medical Officer (Cmo)

Representatives

Stephen O’Sullivan BL instructed by Aideen O'Brien Chief State Solicitor's Office

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-00068823-001	24/01/2025

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 23/05/2025

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Breiffni O'Neill

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, 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.

Specifically, I conducted a remote hearing in accordance with the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 and Statutory Instrument 359/2020 which designates the Workplace Relations Commission as a body empowered to hold remote hearings.

As the Respondent highlighted in their submissions that the Complainant had erroneously identified them as the employer on the complaint form, I addressed this matter with the Complainant at the outset. He acknowledged that the Respondent was not, in fact, his employer.

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.

Section 77A(1) of the Act states that:

77A.—(1) The Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission may dismiss a claim at any stage if of opinion that it has been made in bad faith or is frivolous, vexatious or misconceived or relates to a trivial matter.

Given that the Complainant accepted that his employer was not the Respondent, I find that the complaint is misconceived.

Dated: 17/06/25

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Breiffni O'Neill

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