ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00060410
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Liviu Catalin Matei | Simply the Best Barber Limited |
Representatives | Did not attend the hearing | Represented by the owners |
Complaint:
Act | Complaint Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 7 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994 | CA-00073188-005 | 07/07/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 10/03/2026
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Procedure:
Using the WRC’s e-complaint referral system, this complaint was submitted to the WRC on July 7th 2025. The complainant, Mr Liviu Catalin Matei, left his job with the respondent, Simply the Best Barber Limited, a week previously.
In accordance with section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, the complaint was assigned to me by the Director General. On January 8th, 2026, the complainant was notified that a hearing would take place on March 10th. He wrote to the WRC on January 12th and stated that he wouldn’t attend the hearing because he had returned home to Romania.
On January 15th, a case officer wrote to the complainant to inform him that he had a right to object to an in-person hearing and to request a remote hearing instead. The complainant didn’t request a remote hearing and he didn’t attend the hearing at the WRC on March 10th.
Mr Abdel Waheb Houari and Ms Paula Houari, the owners of Simply the Best Barber Limited, attended the hearing to defend the complaint under the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994.
As I am satisfied that the complainant was on notice of the hearing, and that he decided not to attend either in-person or remotely, I have decided to conclude my investigation and close this file.
Decision:
Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the complaints 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 is not well-founded and I decide accordingly. |
Dated: 13/03/26
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Catherine Byrne
Key Words:
The complainant did not attend the hearing. |