Case Number: ADJ-00000171. Workplace Relations Commission

• Judgment Date: 01 September 2017
• Year: 2017
• Docket Number: ADJ-00000171
• Court: Workplace Relations Commission
• Parties: A Worker v A Security Company

ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION/RECOMMENDATION Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00000171 Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Parties	A Worker	A Security Company

Representatives Hazel Atkins - Sean Ormonde & Co Solicitors. Dan Walshe B.L.

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-00000254-001	15/10/2015
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 11 of the Minimum Notice & Terms of Employment Act, 1973	CA-00000254-002	15/10/2015
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 27 of the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997	CA-00000254-003	15/10/2015
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991	CA-00000254-004	15/10/2015

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 11/08/2017

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Niamh O'Carroll Kelly

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41(4) of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and following the presentation by an employee of a complaint of a contravention by an employer of an Act contained in Schedule 5 of the Workplace Relations Act of 2015 or such other act as may be referred to in the 2015 Act, made to the Director General and following a referral by the said Director General of this matter to the Adjudication services, I can confirm that I have fulfilled my obligation to make all relevant inquiries into the complaint or dispute. I have additionally and where appropriate heard the oral evidence of the parties and their witnesses and have taken account of the evidence tendered in the course of the hearing.

The Complainant herein has referred a number of matters for dispute resolution under Section 8 Unfair Dismissal Act, 1977, Section 11 Minimum Notice & Terms of Employment Act 1973, Section 27 Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 and Section 6 Payment of Wages Act, 1991 and the referrals have been made within six months of the initial circumstances of the relevant dispute/contravention.

The complainant withdrew his claim CA 254-004 (Section 6 Payment of Wages Act, 1991.)

A letter was produced from the Liquidator assigned to the respondent company stating that he would not be in attendance at the hearing. On that basis I proceeded in his absence.

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