Author: Gerard Murray
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Company: Department for Employment and Learning

THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS 

CASE REF:    276/12 

CLAIMANT:	Doris Mabel Wright

RESPONDENT:	David Wright T/a D W Contracts

DECISION

The tribunal finds that the claimant was dismissed on the ground of redundancy.  The respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant £2,175.00 by way of redundancy payment.  The respondent is also ordered to pay to the claimant the sum of £1,800.00 by way of unpaid notice pay; and £375.00 by way of unpaid holiday pay.

Constitution of tribunal:

Chairman (sitting alone):	Mr T Browne

Appearances:

The claimant was represented by Mr C Webster, Solicitor of McFarland Graham McCombe Solicitors.

The respondent did not appear and was not represented.

THE ISSUES

1.	The tribunal had to determine if the claimant had been dismissed on the ground of redundancy, and if so, if she was entitled to a redundancy payment.  The tribunal also had to determine if the respondent owed to the claimant notice pay and holiday pay.

FINDINGS OF FACT

2.	The tribunal made the following findings of fact from the unchallenged assertions of the claimant and from the available documentary evidence.  This included the written response from the respondent, which accepted the claimant’s case in its entirety.

3.	The claimant was employed by the respondent from 14 April 1997 until the respondent ceased to trade on 28 October 2011.  There was no prior consultation or formal notice given by the respondent that there was any prospect of this occurring.

4.	The tribunal is therefore satisfied that the claimant was dismissed on 28 October 2011 by reason of redundancy within the terms of Article 174 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

5.	The tribunal finds as a fact that by virtue of the claimant’s length of service, she is entitled to a redundancy payment and that she has never received any such payment from the respondent.

6.	The tribunal is also satisfied that the claimant is entitled to receive payment in lieu of notice pay and that she received no such payment from the claimant.

7.	The tribunal is also satisfied that the claimant is entitled to payment in lieu of untaken holidays.

THE AWARD

8.	The respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant the following sums:-

	£2,175.00 by way of redundancy pay;

	£1,800.00 by way of unpaid notice pay; and

	£375.00 by way of holiday pay.

	The respondent is therefore ordered to pay to the claimant a total of £4,350.00.

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

Chairman:

Date and place of hearing:    18 April 2012, Belfast.

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: