Mr A Alohins and others v British Ceramic Tiles (In Administration) and Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: 1400412/2019 and others

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

Case No 1400412/2019

Between

Mr A Alohins and othersClaimant

British Ceramic Tiles (In Administration) and Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyRespondent

Before

Employment Judge Mr P Cadney

Date 15 August 2021

JUDGMENT

The judgment of the tribunal determined on the papers without the attendance of the parties is that: i) Judgment in the following terms is entered in respect of all the claimants identified in the schedule attached hereto:- The Tribunal declares that the complaint that the Respondent failed to comply with a requirement of section of 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA) is well founded and makes a protective award in respect of all employees of the respondent employed at its sites at Heathfield, Newton Abbott, Devon (including those who travelled to and from Heathfield / Cullompton); Cleackheaton, West Yorkshire and as field agents who were dismissed as redundant on or after 30th January 2019 and orders the respondent to pay to those employees remuneration for the protected period of 90 days beginning on 30th January 2019. (If any party seeks written reasons for the Judgment it must notify the tribunal within 14 days of the date of promulgation.) Employment Judge Cadney Date: 15 August 2021 ---1--- Schedule of Claimants Case Number Title Name 1400412/19 Mr Aleksandrs Alohins 1400429/19 Mr Timothy Denning 1400433/19 Miss Hannah Giles 1400458/19 Mr Andrew Seddon 1400464/19 Mr Paul Stepleton 1400468/19 Mr Damian Waszak 1400486/19 Mr Roy Goodsir 1400524/19 Mr Martin Davidson 1400532/19 Mr Mark Rooke 1400538/19 Mr Benjamin Greening 1400558/19 Miss Natasha Johnson 1401365/19 Mr Nick Tudor 1401384/19 Miss Victoria Potter 1401385/19 Mr Remigiusz Adametz 1401386/19 Mrs Jayne Adamson 1401387/19 Mr Steve Aggett 1401388/19 Mr Stanislavs Alohins 1401389/19 Mr Neil Anderton 1401390/19 Mr Dale Appleby 1401391/19 Mr Kamil Baczynski 1401392/19 Ms Petruta Rodica Balan 1401393/19 Mr Matthew Barker 1401394/19 Mr Brian Barry 1401395/19 Mr Carl Bavis 1401396/19 Mr David Bayley 1401397/19 Ms Jessica Bean 1401398/19 Ms Kelly Bedoyan 1401399/19 Mr Marcin Beiger 1401400/19 Mr Brett Beveridge 1401401/19 Mr Steven Bond 1401402/19 Mr James Bondman 1401403/19 Mr Luke Bowring 1401404/19 Mr Dean Bradford 1401405/19 Mr Jeff Bridges 1401406/19 Mr John Bridgwood 1401407/19 Mr John Brimecombe 1401408/19 Mr Thom Brown 1401409/19 Mrs Hannah Brown 1401410/19 Mr Scott Brown 1401411/19 Mr Mateusz Buczek 1401412/19 Mr Mark Burridge 1401413/19 Ms Nicola Chadburn 1401414/19 Mr Ian Chapman ---2--- 1401415/19 Mr Nick Chidzoy 1401416/19 Mr Christopher Clark 1401417/19 Mr Antony Coker 1401418/19 Mr Troy Cole 1401419/19 Mr Glen Cramp 1401420/19 Mr Robert Critchlow 1401421/19 Mr Benjamin Cromar 1401422/19 Mr Andrew Darnes 1401423/19 Mr Jim Dart 1401424/19 Mr Jakub Dobrogowski 1401425/19 Mr Dan Dodds 1401426/19 Mr Craig Doidge 1401427/19 Mr Lukasz Drozdzewicz 1401428/19 Mr Kevin Edwards 1401429/19 Mrs Margaret Elliott 1401430/19 Ms Kirsty England 1401431/19 Mr Stephen Evans Felipe Ayala 1401432/19 Mr Raul Chaves 1401433/19 Mr Christopher Fenner 1401434/19 Mr Paul Fincken 1401435/19 Mr Chris Foord 1401436/19 Ms Jennifer Ford 1401437/19 Mr Chris Gibbons 1401438/19 Mr Thomas Gilroy 1401439/19 Mr Kevin Ginsberg 1401440/19 Mr David Gooby 1401441/19 Mr Ben Greening 1401442/19 Mr Mark Gregory 1401443/19 Mr John Paul Guppy 1401444/19 Ms Debra Hammond 1401445/19 Ms Kerrie Hardcastle 1401446/19 Ms Sarah Harwood 1401447/19 Mr David Hawley 1401448/19 Mr Matthew Hayward 1401449/19 Ms Suzanne Herson-Lumb 1401450/19 Mr Damian Hewelt 1401451/19 Mr Mark Higginson 1401452/19 Mr Ben Hill 1401453/19 Mr Daniel Hill 1401454/19 Mr David Hockings 1401455/19 Mr Dean Holmes 1401456/19 Mr Steven Honeywill 1401457/19 Ms Linzi Hooton-Bork 1401458/19 Ms Heidi Houghton 1401459/19 Miss Jade Hunt 1401460/19 Mr Chris Jackson ---3--- 1401461/19 Mr Sydney Jardim 1401462/19 Mr Shaun Jarvis 1401463/19 Mr Nicholas Johnson 1401464/19 Mr Nick Jordon 1401465/19 Ms Sioned Kania 1401466/19 Ms Rebecca Keenan 1401467/19 Ms Jodie Kellow 1401468/19 Ms Rachel Kelly 1401469/19 Mr Gary Kemp 1401470/19 Mr Sarunas Klebauskas 1401471/19 Mr Slawomir Klonowski 1401472/19 Mr Adam Kopaniec 1401473/19 Mr Jan Krupski 1401474/19 Mr Nick Ladd 1401475/19 Mr Aaron Lake 1401476/19 Ms Stephanie Lang 1401477/19 Mr Mark Lawrence 1401478/19 Mr Micheal Lee 1401479/19 Mr Stuart Light 1401480/19 Mr Kevin Lilley 1401481/19 Mr Colin Line 1401482/19 Mr Gareth Llewellyn-Jones 1401483/19 Ms Gemma Lofthouse 1401484/19 Mr Ross Main 1401485/19 Ms Joanna Mair 1401486/19 Ms Dawn Mann 1401487/19 Ms Mariam Maqsood 1401488/19 Mr Luke Marchant 1401489/19 Mr Lucian Margarint 1401490/19 Mr Stephen Martin 1401491/19 Mr Craig Mason 1401492/19 Mr Ben Matthews 1401493/19 Ms Sue McBride 1401494/19 Mr Stuart McCarthy 1401495/19 Miss Lisa McHardy 1401496/19 Mr James Meade 1401497/19 Mrs Anna Menzies 1401498/19 Mr Christopher Menzies 1401499/19 Mr Krzysztof Miedzianowski 1401500/19 Mr Eduard Criatian Mihalache 1401501/19 Ms Denise Morphett 1401502/19 Mr Alex Mossman 1401503/19 Mr Paul Murphy 1401504/19 Mr Ian Murphy 1401505/19 Mr Paul Murphy 1401506/19 Mr Jamie Murphy ---4--- 1401507/19 Mrs Kathryn Norman 1401508/19 Ms Heidemarie Normanton 1401509/19 Mrs Claire O’Brien 1401510/19 Miss Pauline Ollivier 1401511/19 Mr David Orr 1401512/19 Mr David Orrey 1401513/19 Ms Laura Osman 1401514/19 Mr John Payne 1401515/19 Mr Nicholas Pearson 1401516/19 Mr John Penell 1401517/19 Miss Hannah Phillips 1401518/19 Mr Neil Pinkney 1401519/19 Mr Liam Poole 1401520/19 Miss Victoria Potter 1401521/19 Mr Connor Pottinger 1401522/19 Mr Darren Powell 1401523/19 Mr Gary Powell 1401524/19 Ms Kathryn Prosho 1401525/19 Mr William Reynolds 1401526/19 Mr Mark Rigby 1401527/19 Mr Paul Riviere 1401528/19 Ms Amanda Rogers 1401529/19 Ms Hanna Rogowska 1401530/19 Mr Mark Rooke 1401531/19 Ms Clare Rosindale 1401532/19 Mr Barney Rowbottom 1401533/19 Mr Lee Rowe 1401534/19 Mr Christopher-David Rushworth 1401535/19 Mr James Russ 1401536/19 Mr Rachid Saki 1401537/19 Mr David Schofield 1401538/19 Mr Steve Sellek 1401539/19 Ms Maria Selley 1401540/19 Mr Mick Shaw 1401541/19 Ms Joy Shine 1401542/19 Mr Stephen Silvester 1401543/19 Mr Derek Skinner 1401544/19 Mrs Jacqueline Slack 1401545/19 Mr Richard Smallman 1401546/19 Mr Adam Smith 1401547/19 Ms Julie Smith 1401548/19 Mr Matthew Smith 1401549/19 Mr John Snell 1401550/19 Miss Stephanie Snook 1401551/19 Mr Maciej Sobolewski 1401552/19 Mr Christopher Solway ---5--- 1401553/19 Mr Anthony Sparks 1401554/19 Mr Oliver Spencer 1401555/19 Mr Marc Spurway 1401556/19 Ms Samantha Steele 1401557/19 Mr Tim Steer 1401558/19 Mr Lubomir Stieranka 1401559/19 Mr Paul Stone 1401560/19 Mr William Street 1401561/19 Mr Spencer Street 1401562/19 Ms Megan Sykes 1401563/19 Mr Artur Szyba 1401564/19 Mr Ryan Taffinder 1401565/19 Mr Luke Taylor 1401566/19 Mr Kyle Thomas 1401567/19 Mr Piotr Tomsia 1401568/19 Mr Daniel Tout 1401569/19 Mrs Susanna Trayhorn 1401570/19 Mr Paul Trayhorn 1401571/19 Mr Steve Tyers 1401572/19 Miss Elizabeth Tyson 1401573/19 Mr Michelle Varndell 1401574/19 Mr Richard Wakely 1401575/19 Mr Mark Waterworth 1401576/19 Mr Thomas Wear 1401577/19 Ms Luka Webb 1401578/19 Mr Martin Webber 1401579/19 Ms Michaela Wetton 1401580/19 Ms Lauren Wheatley 1401581/19 Ms Jessica Wibberley 1401582/19 Mr Sebastian Wikiert 1401583/19 Mr Marcus Wilkinson 1401584/19 Mr Adam Willard 1401585/19 Mr Martin Williams 1401586/19 Mr Charlie Williams 1401587/19 Mr Dale Willis 1401588/19 Mr Leon Willis 1401589/19 Mr Mike Wills 1401590/19 Mr Martin Wills 1401591/19 Miss Melanie Wilson 1401592/19 Mr David Wilson 1401593/19 Mr Martyn Wilson 1401594/19 Mr Samuel Winchester-Leigh 1401595/19 Mr Damian Witkowski 1401596/19 Mr Simon Woodcock 1401597/19 Ms Emma Worsley 1401598/19 Ms Samantha Wrathmell ---6--- 1401599/19 Ms Rosie-Marie Wren 1401600/19 Mr Paul 1401601/19 Mr Georg 1401602/19 Mr Stewart 1401603/19 Ms Angela 1401604/19 Mr Jarek 1401819/19 Mr John 1401820/19 Mr Peter 1401821/19 Mr Gary 1401933/19 Mr Robert 1403709/19 Mr Matthew 1403896/19 Mr Derek 1404377/19 Mr Derek 1405525/19 Mr Dave 1405526/19 Mr Calvin 1405527/19 Mr David 1405528/19 Mr Sergio 1405529/19 Mr Steve 1405530/19 Mr Steve 1405531/19 Mr Jason ---7---