ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00056561
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Sean Maher | Guidant Global |
Representatives | Did not attend the hearing | Represented by management |
Complaint:
Act | Complaint Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 27 of the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 | CA-00068805-001 | 23/01/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 11/04/2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Procedure:
This complaint was submitted to the WRC on January 23rd 2025 and, in accordance with section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, it was assigned to me by the Director General. On March 12th 2025, the parties were notified that a hearing was scheduled for April 11th 2025 at 9.30am in Lansdowne House in Ballsbridge, Dublin. The respondent, Guidant Global, has its head office in London and, to facilitate the attendance of their witness, they requested a remote hearing. The complainant, Mr Seán Maher, also known to his former employer as Seán Keegan, objected to the hearing being held remotely.
Guidant Global was represented by its client services director Mr Jake Burke. Mr Maher did not attend the hearing and he didn’t contact the WRC to explain his non-attendance. I am satisfied that he was informed in writing of the date and time at which the hearing to investigate his complaint would be held and that he was also informed of the venue in which the hearing would take place.
Decision:
Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under Schedule 6 of that Act.
In the circumstances where the complainant did not attend the hearing and, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary having been presented, I must conclude that this complaint under the Payment of Wages Act 1991 is not well-founded and I decide accordingly. |
Dated: 2nd May 2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Key Words:
The complainant did not attend the hearing. |