ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION
Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00057716
Parties:
| Complainant | Respondent |
Parties | Ryan Basele | Coast Rosslare Strand Hotel. |
Representatives | Did not attend | Managing Director. |
Complaint(s):
Act | Complaint/Dispute Reference No. | Date of Receipt |
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 | CA-00070037-001 | 16/03/2025 |
Date of Adjudication Hearing: 12/05/2026
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Máire Mulcahy
Procedure:
In accordance with Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 - 2015, 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. . On this date, a remote hearing was convened 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.
The complainant did not attend.
The respondent Managing Director attended.
Background:
The complainant submitted a complaint on 16/03/2025 that the respondent had contravened the provisions of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 in relation to him. The complainant did not attend the hearing.
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Summary of Complainant’s Case:
The complainant did not attend the hearing. |
Summary of Respondent’s Case:
The respondent attended the hearing. |
Findings and Conclusions:
A complaint was received by the Director General of the Workplace Relations commission from the complainant on the 16/3/2025 alleging that the respondent had contravened the provisions of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 in relation to him. A hearing for that purpose was held on 12/5/2026. There was no appearance by the complainant at the hearing nor was any explanation for his absence offered to the WRC. 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. 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 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 – 2015 requires that I make a decision in relation to the unfair dismissal claim consisting of a grant of redress in accordance with section 7 of the 1977 Act.
I decide that this complaint is not well founded. |
Dated: 28th May 2026
Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Maire Mulcahy
Key Words:
No appearance by the complainant. |