Mr P Corrigan v Meter Provida Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation): 2600453/2024
JUDGMENT
[1]The claim of unfair dismissal is well founded and succeeds.[2]The claim of breach of contract with regard to unpaid notice pay is well founded and succeeds.[3]The claim of a failure to provide a written statement of reasons for dismissal is well founded and succeeds.[4]The second day of hearing time listed for 22nd October 2024 is vacated.[5]The remedy to which the Claimant is entitled will be determined at a Remedy hearing on 7th January 2025 at the Nottingham Employment Tribunal hearing centre, 50 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FG before Employment Judge Heap sitting alone. The hearing has been listed for one day and will commence at 10.00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the Tribunal can hear it. The parties must arrive by no later than 9.30 a.m. The parties must take this as Notice of hearing and no further notice will follow. Case No: 2600453/2024[6]Case management Orders are made separately and accompany this Judgment. REMEDY JUDGMENT[1]The Respondent is Ordered to pay to the Claimant the sum of £52,998.10 in respect of his unfair dismissal that award being calculated as follows:(a) Basic award: £2,893.00(b) Compensatory award: £50,105.10 Made up of: (i) Loss of earnings: £33,930.00 (ii) Pension loss: £2,173.50 (iii) Car allowance: £2,499.90 (iv) Loss of notional employment rights: £500.00 (v) 25% adjustment under Section 207A TULCRA: £9,775.85 (vi) Grossed up element: £1,225.85 Total award for unfair dismissal: £52,998.10[2]The Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996 do not apply to this award.[3]The Respondent is Ordered to pay to the Claimant the sum of £25,000.00 in respect of compensation for breach of contract relating to the failure to pay him the notice pay to which he was contractually entitled.[4]The Respondent is Ordered to pay to the Claimant the sum of £1,286.00 in respect of the complaint of a breach of Section 92 Employment Rights Act 1996. No Order for costs is made.[6]The Respondent acted unreasonably in its defence of the proceedings and it is appropriate to exercise discretion to make a Preparation Time Order. The Respondent is Ordered to pay to the Claimant the sum of £2,200.00 in respect of a contribution to the time incurred in preparing for hearings.[7]The total that the Respondent must pay to the Claimant is the sum of £81,484.10.