Industrial Tribunals Northern Ireland Decisions

THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

CASE REF:  9809/18

CLAIMANT:                          John McGlinchey

RESPONDENT:                  Department for the Economy

DECISION

The Department, in its role as the statutory guarantor in respect of certain employment debts, is liable to make payments to the claimant in respect of the wages and notice pay debts which were owed to her by the relevant employer at the time of the termination of her employment at the Landsdowne Hotel in April 2018.  The amounts due to the claimant, pursuant to this decision, are as follows:

(1)       £605 for wages and

(2)       £301 for notice pay.

This claimant’s appeal against the Department’s refusal to make a payment in respect of redundancy has been withdrawn and is hereby dismissed.

REASONS

1.            The subject-matter of this decision was the subject of a full hearing, which had been adjourned.

2.            The tribunal which was conducting that main hearing consisted of Ms Dorothy Adams, Mr Alan White and myself. (In the present context, that tribunal is “the relevant tribunal”).

3.            Since the adjournment of that main hearing, this claimant and the respondent Department have agreed in writing upon the terms of the above Decision.  In those circumstances, the relevant tribunal is empowered, by rule 28(1) of the Industrial Tribunals Rules, to make a decision in line with what the parties have agreed.

4.            Pursuant to that power, the relevant tribunal has made the decision which is set out above.

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

Employment Judge:

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: