Case Number: ADJ-00004807. Workplace Relations Commission

• Docket Number: ADJ-00004807
• Hearing Date: 04 July 2018
• Date: 01 July 2018
• Court: Workplace Relations Commission
• Parties: A Chief v A Hotel
• Respondent: A Hotel

ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION

Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00004807

Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties	A Chief	A Hotel

Complaint(s):

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 28 of the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act, 2005	CA-00006858-002	07/09/2016
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998	CA-00006858-001	07/09/2016

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 04/07/2018

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Roger McGrath

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 and Section 79 of the Employment Equality Acts, 1998 – 2015 following the referral of the complaint(s)/dispute(s) to me by the Director General, I inquired into the complaint(s)/dispute(s) and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any evidence relevant to the complaint(s)/dispute(s).

Background:

A first hearing of this case was held on 22nd September 2017. This first hearing was adjourned. A second hearing of this case was held on 4th July 2018. The Complainant did not attend the second hearing, the Respondent did attend the second hearing. No explanation was received from the Complainant to explain his absence from the second hearing.

CA-00006858-001 Complaint under the Employment Equality Act, 1998 Summary of Complainant’s Case:

The Complainant submitted that he was treated less favourably and dismissed by reason of his gender.

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