WRC declines jurisdiction over Robert Kennedy’s working-time complaint

The Workplace Relations Commission declined jurisdiction over Robert Kennedy’s working-time complaint against Daifuku America Ireland after finding the respondent had been incorrectly named. The decision was dated 24 January 2024. Kennedy said he worked for the respondent from March 2021 to April 2023. The company argued that his employer was Daifuku Cleanroom Automation America Corporation, which had not been named in the complaint. The adjudication officer found that the correct employer name appeared on Kennedy’s payslips and employment contract, so the error was not inadvertent and the respondent could not be substituted. The merits were not decided.