ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00062689

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	Anastasia Karlova	Bradford Jacobs

Representatives

The Complainant did not attend and was not represented at the hearing.

The Respondent did not attend and was not represented at the hearing

Complaint:

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 21 Equal Status Act, 2000	CA-00075377-001	12/09/2025

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 29/05/2026

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Eileen Campbell

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and/or Section 25 of the Equal Status Act, 2000 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.

The hearing was scheduled as an in person hearing to take place in Lansdowne House.

While the parties are named in the Decision, I will refer to Anastasia Karlova as “the Complainant” and to Bradford Jacobs as “the Respondent”.

Having waited a reasonable period of time, there was no appearance by or on behalf of the Complainant or the Respondent at the hearing on 29/05/2026.

I am satisfied that the Complainant was notified of the details of the hearing. The hearing notification correspondence to the Respondent was returned undelivered. A postponement had not been sought by the Complainant.

As of the date of this decision there has been no further communication received from or on behalf of the Complainant.

Background:

These matters came before the Workplace Relations Commission dated 12/09/2025. The Complainant alleges contravention by the Respondent of provisions of the above listed statute. The aforesaid complaint was referred to me for investigation. A hearing for that purpose was scheduled to take place on 29/05/2026.

Having waited a reasonable period of the time on the day, there was no appearance by or on behalf of the Complainant. I am satisfied the Complainant was duly notified of the details of the hearing. The Complainant did not attend. A postponement had not been sought.

The Respondent did not attend the hearing. The hearing notification letter was issued by the WRC to the entity name and address, provided by the Complainant on the WRC complaint form, in accordance with procedures which was subsequently returned undelivered.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

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There was no appearance by or on behalf of the Complainant at the adjudication hearing.

Summary of Respondent’s Case:

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There was no appearance by or on behalf of the Respondent at the adjudication hearing.

Findings and Conclusions:

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There was no appearance by either party at the hearing.

There was no application for a postponement submitted in the weeks or days preceding the hearing.

I have waited a more than reasonable period of time before drafting this decision just in case the Complainant makes contact with the WRC. I am satisfied the Complainant did not make contact either immediately before the hearing, during the hearing or in the intervening period since the hearing.

As of the date of this decision there has been no further communication received from or on behalf of the Complainant.

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 25 of the Equal Status Acts, 2000 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaint in accordance with the relevant redress provisions under section 27 of that Act.

CA-00075337-001

Based on the circumstances outlined above and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary having been adduced before me, I decide this complaint is not well-founded.

Dated: 09/06/2026

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Eileen Campbell

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