ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00059390
Parties:
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Parties | Welington Silva | Woodfort Contracting Ltd |
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Anonymised Parties | {text} | {text} |
Representatives |
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Complaint:
Act | Complaint/Dispute 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-00072126-001 | 05/06/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 18/12/2025
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Louise Boyle
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 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. . Parties were advised in advance of the hearing that following the delivery of a judgement of the Supreme Court in Zalewski v Adjudication Officer and WRC, Ireland and the Attorney General [2021] IESC 24 that the hearing would be held in public, that an Adjudication Officer may take evidence under oath or affirmation and reminded that cross examination was permitted. The hearing was heard remotely, pursuant to the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2020 and S.I. 359/2020, which designated the Workplace Relations Commission as a body empowered to hold remote hearings. Where submissions from parties were received they were exchanged. The complainant did not attend. Ms Elain O’Dwyer Office Manager attended for the respondent.
Background:
The complainant did not attend and submitted on their complaint form that they were owed holidays.
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Summary of Complainant’s Case:
The complainant did not attend the hearing.
On their complaint form the complainant submitted that there were holidays owing. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The respondent disputes the claim. |
Findings and Conclusions:
A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission from the complainant on 05/06/2025 alleging contravention of the Acts. The said complaint was referred to me for investigation. A hearing for that purpose was held 18/12/2025 and there was no appearance by the complainant. The respondent attended the hearing. I am satisfied that the said complainant was informed in writing of the date, time and place at which the hearing to investigate the complaint would be held and did not attend.
In the circumstances, I find that the complaint is not well founded and I dismiss the complaint.
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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, I find that the complaint is not well founded and I dismiss the complaint.
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Dated: 13/02/2026
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Louise Boyle
Key Words:
Did not attend, holidays |