A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a complaint of a contravention of a provision (other than Regulation 4(4)(a)) of these Regulations shall do one or more of the following, namely -

(a) declare that the complaint is or, as the case may be, is not well founded,

(b) require the employer to comply with these Regulations and, for that purpose, to take a specified course of action, or (c) require the employer to pay to the employee compensation of such amount (if any) as the adjudication officer considers just and equitable in the circumstances, but -

(i) in the case of a contravention of Regulation 8, not exceeding 4 weeks' remuneration and,

(ii) in the case of a contravention of any other Regulation, not exceeding 2 years' remuneration,

in respect of the employee's employment calculated in accordance with regulations made under section 17 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.