ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00057029
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Sinead Evans | Solar Generation Ltd. |
Representatives | Did not attend | Respondent Manager. |
Complaint(s):
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 12 of the Minimum Notice & Terms of Employment Act, 1973 | CA-00069357-001 | 18/02/2025 |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 7 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994 | CA-00069357-002 | 18/02/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 27/08/2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Máire Mulcahy
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 following the referral of the complaints to me by the Director General, I inquired into the complaints and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any evidence relevant to the complaints. On the 27/8/25 a remote hearing was set up 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.
Background:
The complainant submitted a complaint on 14/3/2025 that the respondent had contravened the provisions of the Minimum Notice & Terms of Employment Act, 1973, and the provisions of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994 in relation to her. The complainant did not attend the hearing. The respondent attended the hearing. |
Summary of Complainant’s Case:
The complainant did not attend the hearing. The complainant emailed two hours before the hearing requesting an alternative date, stating that an emergency had arisen in her workplace preventing her attendance at the hearing into her complaint. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The respondent attended the hearing. The respondent objected to the complainant’s request for a rescheduling of the hearing. |
Findings and Conclusions:
A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations commission from the complainant on 18/02/2025, alleging that the respondent had contravened the provisions of the Minimum Notice & Terms of Employment Act, 1973, and the provisions of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994 in relation to her. A hearing for that purpose was held on 27/8/2925. There was no appearance by the complainant at the hearing. The complainant, though notified on the 25/6/25 of the scheduled hearing, failed to make arrangements to attend, chose not to comply with WRC postponement guidelines, and emailed the WRC two hours before the hearing advising that an emergency had arisen at her work and requesting a rescheduling of the hearing into her complaint. This was an unreasonable request which I could not and do not accept. In these circumstances and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary having been adduced before me, I must conclude that the within complaint is not well-founded and I decide accordingly. |
Decision:
Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaints.
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CA-00069357-001 Complaint under Section 12 of the Minimum Notice & Terms of Employment Act, 1973. I decide that this complaint is not well founded. CA-00069357-002 Complaint under section 7 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994. I decide that this complaint is not well founded. |
Dated: 24th of September 2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Máire Mulcahy
Key Words:
No show. |