The WRC awarded a fitness instructor €228 for minimum notice, €1,545 under the Payment of Wages Act, €357 for annual leave and €223.75 for public-holiday entitlements. The awards followed his uncontested evidence; the respondent was not present at the hearing. The decision was dated 2 March 2017. The instructor said he worked from November 2015 until April 2016, when the employer told him his employment was ending.