Maguire v D McAuley & Sons (Tiles & Tara... [2010] NIIT 06638_09IT (22 January 2010)

Maguire v D McAuley & Sons (Tiles & Tara... [2010] NIIT 06638_09IT (22 January 2010)

The claimant was dismissed without following statutory procedure, making the dismissal automatically unfair. The claimant is entitled to redundancy payment, unpaid wages, holiday pay, and notice pay from the employer. DEL has no liability as the employer is not legally insolvent.

Citation
[2010] NIIT 06638_09IT
Parties
Claimant: Brendan Maguire; First Respondent: D McAuley & Sons (Tiles & Taranzo) Ltd; Second Respondent: Department for Employment & Learning
Jurisdiction
Northern Ireland
Judgment Date
22 January 2010
Procedural Posture
Industrial Tribunal / Final Decision
Outcome
Claim allowed in part
Legal Topics
Redundancy Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Holiday Pay, Notice Pay

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Parties

Brendan Maguire

Claimant

D McAuley & Sons (Tiles & Taranzo) Ltd

First Respondent

Department for Employment & Learning

Second Respondent

Procedural Posture

Industrial Tribunal / Final Decision

  1. 1 Whether the claimant is entitled to redundancy payment, unpaid wages, holiday pay, notice pay, and whether the dismissal was unfair.

Ratio Decidendi

The claimant was dismissed without following statutory procedure, making the dismissal automatically unfair. The claimant is entitled to redundancy payment, unpaid wages, holiday pay, and notice pay from the employer. DEL has no liability as the employer is not legally insolvent.

Court Disposition

Claim allowed in part

Orders

  • Redundancy payment of £2,025.66 awarded to claimant
  • Unpaid wages of £422.08 awarded to claimant