Mr N Schofield v Composite Wood Company Ltd: 2419493/2020
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimant was dismissed by the respondent without notice and by reason of redundancy.[2]The claimant is entitled to be paid a statutory redundancy payment by the respondent in the sum of £12,862.50 (calculated on the basis of the claimant being employed between 5 August 1999 and 30 March 2020; being aged 50 years at the relevant date; and earning gross weekly pay of £550).[3]The claimant was summarily and wrongfully dismissed by the respondent in breach of contract of employment and the respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant compensation for notice pay in the sum of £5,076.00 (being 12 weeks’ notice @ £423.00 net wages per week).[4]The respondent also failed to pay accrued holiday pay due to the claimant at the date of termination of employment and the respondent is further ordered to pay to the claimant the sum of £3,850.00 (being 28 days holiday carried forward from 2019 and 7 days holiday untaken during the first quarter of 2020 @ £110 gross per day).[5]The recoupment regulations do not apply. Judge Brian Doyle Date: 15 April 2021