J Slesser and others v F.A. Atkinson Ltd (in Voluntary Liquidation): 2500404/2022 and others
JUDGMENT
[1]The complaints made by all of the claimants under section 189 of the Trade Union and Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 that the respondent failed to comply with section 188 and section 188A of the Act are all well founded.[2]The respondent is ordered to pay remuneration calculated in accordance with section 190 of the Act for the protected period to those claimants in the schedule attached to this Judgment.[3]The protected period is for a period of 90 days from 3.1. In the cases of Kevin Biggs; Susan Goodfellow; Luke Hudson; Dorothy Littlefair and Denise Patrick (the office staff), 8 February 2022; 3.2. In the case of all other claimants, 7 February 2022.[4]The Employment Protection (Recoupment of Job Seekers Allowance and Income Support) Regulations 1996 apply. Regulation 6 imposes on the respondent a duty to provide information to the Secretary of State. Regulation 7 postpones this award in order to enable the Secretary of State to serve a recoupment notice under Regulation 8. The full effect of Regulations 6, 7 and 8 is set out in the annexe to this Judgment.