Unite the Union and others v Wrexham Wire Ltd (In Administration) and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: 1602613/2020 and others
JUDGMENT
The judgment of the Employment Judge sitting alone is that:[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 all employees of the First Respondent who have brought a claim as part of these proceedings or were within the bargaining unit defined within the union recognition agreement as “all employees, with the exclusion of staff within the Operational, Technical and Maintenance departments, of the First Respondent” who were assigned to work at the First Respondent’s premises at Ash Road North, Holt, Wrexham LL13 9JT (“the establishment”) and who were dismissed as redundant on or after 6 August 2020.[3]The tribunal orders the First Respondent to pay those employees remuneration for the protected period of 90 days beginning on 6 August 2020.[4]This judgment does not prevent a claim being made to the Second Respondent for payment from the National Insurance fund in respect of the First Respondent’s liability.