Industrial Tribunals Northern Ireland Decisions

THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

CASE REF:   1599/14

CLAIMANT:                      Grainne Gallagher

RESPONDENTS:              Roisin Campbell and Gareth Campbell

                                        t/a Absolute Marketing

DECISION

The unanimous decision of the tribunal is set out at Paragraph 3. below.

Constitution of Tribunal:

Employment Judge (sitting alone):                Employment Judge Buchanan

Appearances:

The claimant appeared in person and was not represented.

The respondents did not appear, nor were they represented.

1.       The title of the respondents was amended to that now shown above.

2.       The respondents entered a late response which was rejected, and they have not sought a review of that decision.

3.       I am satisfied that the claimant, Ms Gallagher, is an honest witness and on the basis of her evidence, I hereby order that the respondents pay to the claimant the following sums:-

(a)      a redundancy payment of £7,990.00 calculated on the basis that the claimant had 16 years’ complete service, was aged 43 at the time of her dismissal, and had a gross weekly wage of £623.00 (to which the statutory cap of £470.00 is applied).

                              The appropriated multiplier is 17 (17 x £470.00  =  £7,990.00);

                    (b)      a sum of £5,772.00 in respect of breach of contract

                              (12 weeks’ notice pay on a net weekly wage of £481.00); and

                    (c)      a sum of £208.00 in respect of unpaid holiday pay.

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

Employment Judge

Date and place of hearing:         31 October 2014, Belfast

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: