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Cite as: [2009] NIIT 5890_9IT, [2009] NIIT 5890_09IT
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THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS
CASE REF: 5890/09
CLAIMANT: James Samuel Lowe
RESPONDENT: KMR Windows Ltd
DECISION (“OTHER” DEBTS)
The claims of the claimant in respect of the following employment debts (notice pay, holiday pay and arrears of pay) are all well-founded. It is ordered that the respondent shall pay to the claimant the following sums:
(A) £1,456.40 in respect of notice pay;
(B) £250 in respect of holiday pay;
(C) £150 in respect of wages for his “lying week”;
(D) £150 in respect of the last week of the claimant’s employment and
(E) £107.50 in respect of guarantee pay.
Constitution of Tribunal:
Chairman (sitting alone): Mr P Buggy
Appearances:
The claimant was represented by Jill Downing, Solicitor, of Magennis & Creighton.
The respondent was not represented.
REASONS
1. The respondent company is in severe financial difficulties. It has ceased to operate. However, it has not gone into liquidation or administration. The respondent has not presented a response in these proceedings.
2. The claimant made claims in respect of a redundancy payment and in respect of other employment debts. All of those claims were dealt with at a single hearing, which was held on 23 September 2009. Two days later, on 25 September 2009, a written decision (a “Decision”) was issued, which dealt only with the redundancy claim. This Decision deals with all of the claimant’s other claims.
3. During the course of this hearing, I issued my decision in respect of the “other” claims orally. At the same time I gave my reasons orally.
Facts
4. In his claim for, the claimant did not explicitly make a claim in respect of holiday pay. However, he did make an explicit claim in respect of pay generally. I regard holiday pay as being a form of pay.
5. I awarded the following sums, on the basis of the claims which were made in these proceedings, the evidence which was available to me in these proceedings, and the arguments which were made to me in the course of these proceedings.
Notice pay
6. The claimant is entitled to £1456.40 notice pay. (8 weeks notice, based on £250 weekly net pay, less £543.60 job seekers allowance).
Holiday pay
7. The claimant is entitled to one weeks holiday pay, amounting to £250. (The claimant’s net weekly pay was £250 which he received in respect of the notice period).
Pay for “lying” week
8. I am satisfied that, at the time of the termination of his employment, the claimant was entitled to a net sum of £150 in respect of “lying week” arrangements which were part of the claimant’s contract of employment .
Pay for the last week of employment
9. I am satisfied that the claimant is entitled to three days pay, which was never paid to him, in respect of the last week of his employment. That amounts to a net figure of £150.
Statutory guarantee pay
10. I am satisfied that the claimant is entitled to five days of statutory guarantee pay amounting to £107.50.
Interest
11. This is a relevant decision for the purposes of the Industrial Tribunals (Interest) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990.
Chairman:
Date and place of hearing: 23 September 2009, Belfast.
Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: