FAIR EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL

CASE REF:	00230/99FET

APPLICANT:		Stephen Rice

RESPONDENT:		N & C Kane t/a Kane Engineering

DECISION
The unanimous decision of the Tribunal is that the applicant has not proved he was unlawfully discriminated against on the grounds of his religious belief and his application is dismissed.

Appearances
APPLICANT:		No appearance by the applicant.
RESPONDENTS:		Miss Anderson of Peninsula Business Services Ltd.

1.	The applicant did not appear and the Tribunal treated his originating application as the written representations of his case.  Evidence was called by the respondents to refute the allegations that were made in the originating application.

2.	The Tribunal did not find that the applicant had proved that he was unlawfully discriminated against on the grounds of his religious belief and accepted the evidence that was given on behalf of the respondents.  The originating application is dismissed.

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M P PRICE
Vice President

Date and place of hearing:	5 March 2002, Belfast

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: 5 March 2002