Mr S Ward and others v Bournemouth Transport Ltd (in Administration) and Redundancy Payments Service: 1402535/2022 and others

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 1402535/2022, 1403865/2022
Mr S Ward and 5 others (as Schedule A) Mr M Przystanski and 26 Others (as Schedule B) Mr T Andrews (and 141 others)ClaimantBournemouth Transport Limited (in Administration) (1) Redundancy Payments Service (2)Respondent
Employment Judge GrayMrs Killick and Mr RichardsonNot represented for respondentDate 13 November 2023

JUDGMENT

[1]The complaint that the First Respondent failed to comply with a requirement of section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is well founded.[2]The Tribunal makes a protective award in respect of the Claimants grouped under claim number 1403865/2022 being Unite the Union (recognised in respect of certain employees of the First Respondent at its premises in Bournemouth) and the following individual employees of the First Respondent at its premises in Bournemouth: 1 of 5 o Mr Anthony Blackwood o Mr Paul Robinson o Mr David Symes o Mr Malcolm Traylor who were dismissed or proposed to be dismissed as redundant on or after 5 August 2022 and orders the First Respondent to pay those employees remuneration for the protected period of 90 days beginning on 5 August 2022 for those dismissed and in respect of the 57 employees who it was proposed to dismiss, for a period of 90 days beginning on the 29 July 2022.[3]The Tribunal makes a protective award in respect of the Claimants grouped as Mr S Ward and 5 others (as Schedule A) and Mr M Przystanski and 26 others (as Schedule B), being employees of the First Respondent at its premises in Bournemouth, who were dismissed as redundant on or after 5 August 2022 and orders the First Respondent to pay those employees remuneration for the protected period of 90 days beginning on 5 August 2022.[4]The claim of Mr Russell Ansell is dismissed on withdrawal.