1439_13IT Caskey v David Hutchinson and Sons Ltd [2013] NIIT 01439_13IT (04 October 2013)


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Cite as: [2013] NIIT 1439_13IT, [2013] NIIT 01439_13IT

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THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

 

CASE REF:    1439/13 

 

 

 

CLAIMANT:                           Shona Catherine Caskey

 

 

RESPONDENT:                     David Hutchinson and Sons Ltd

 

 

 

DECISION

 

(A)      The claimant’s claim in respect of holiday pay is well-founded and it is ordered that the respondent company (“the Company”) shall pay to the claimant the sum of £202 in respect of holiday pay.

 

(B)      The claimant’s claim for notice pay is well-founded and it is ordered that the Company shall pay to the claimant the sum of £1,368 in respect of notice pay.

 

(C)     The claimant’s redundancy pay claim against the respondent is well-founded and it is declared that the Company is liable to make a redundancy payment of £5,389 to the claimant.

 

 

Constitution of Tribunal:

 

Chairman  (sitting alone):     Mr P Buggy

 

 

Appearances:

 

The claimant was self-represented.

 

The Company was represented by Mr David Hutchinson.

 

 

 

REASONS

 

1.       I announced my decision at the end of the hearing.  At the same time I gave brief oral reasons for that decision.  Accordingly, what follows is by way of summary only.

 

2.       The claimant was on short-time working for some time prior to the date of his dismissal.  However, I have awarded compensation based on his full-time wages, mainly for two reasons.  First, I have applied the principles which are set out in the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment in Dutton  v Jones t/a Llandow Metals UKEAT/0236/12/ZT.  Secondly, I consider it to be far from clear that the Company had any contractual entitlement to impose short-time working upon this claimant.

 

3.       This Decision is based on the following information:

 

Gross weekly pay:

£337

 

 

Net weekly pay:

£278

 

 

Number of actual completed years of service:

16

 

 

Age on date of dismissal:

38

 

 

Multiplier (for redundancy pay):

16

 

 

 

4.       This is a relevant decision for the purposes of the Industrial Tribunals (Interest) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman:

 

Date and place of hearing:        16 September 2013, Belfast.

 

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties:

 


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