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Cite as: [2011] NIIT 02158_11IT, [2011] NIIT 2158_11IT
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THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS
CASE REF: 2158/11
CLAIMANT: Peter Liggett
RESPONDENT: GTN Investments Ltd
DECISION
The respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant £825.00 being wages which the respondent failed to pay when it ceased trade.
Constitution of Tribunal:
Chairman (sitting alone): Mrs M Watson
Appearances:
The claimant presented his own claim.
The respondent did not appear and was not represented.
REASONS
1. The claimant was employed from mid-June 2011 by the respondent as a Labourer.
2. When the respondent ceased trading on 31 August 2011, the claimant had not been paid for 3 weeks work between 1 to 19 August 2011. The agreed wage was £275.00 per week.
3. Article 45 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 provides that employees have a right not to suffer unauthorised deductions by employers. By failing to make the payments agreed, the respondent is in breach of this provision.
4. The claimant is entitled to compensation of £825.00 in respect of the unpaid wages.
This is a relevant decision for the purposes of the Industrial Tribunals (Interest) Order (NI) 1990.
Chairman:
Date and place of hearing: 29 November 2011, Belfast.
Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: