ADJUDICATION OFFICER Recommendation on dispute under Industrial Relations Act 1969

Investigation Recommendation Reference: IR - SC - 00005724

Parties:

	Worker	Employer
Anonymised Parties	The Worker	The Employer

Representatives

Dispute(s):

Act	Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1969	IR - SC - 00005724	24/11/2025

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Conor Stokes

Date of Hearing: 03/09/2026

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 (as amended) following the referral of the dispute(s) to me by the Director General, I inquired into the dispute(s) and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any information relevant to the dispute(s).

Background:

This matter was heard by way of remote hearing pursuant to the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2020 and S.I. No. 359/2020 which designates the WRC as a body empowered to hold remote hearings.

Neither the worker nor the employer attended the hearing.

Summary of Workers Case:

The worker did not attend the hearing of this complaint.

Summary of Employer’s Case:

The employer did not attend the hearing of this complaint.

Conclusions:

In conducting my investigation, I have taken into account all relevant submissions presented to me by the parties.

The parties did not attend the hearing of this complaint.

Recommendation:

Section 13 of the Industrial Relations Act 1969 requires that I make a recommendation in relation to the dispute.

As the worker did not attend the hearing, my recommendation is that the party to a dispute should attend hearings that they instigate.

Dated: 04-09-2026

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Conor Stokes

Key Words:

Industrial Relations Act – worker nonattendance – recommendation to attend dispute as instigated