Mr J Adamowicz and others (see attached schedule) v Aperture Trading Ltd (in administration) and The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: 2602016/2020 and others
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 2602016/2020
Between
Mr J Adamowicz & others (see attached schedule)ClaimantAperture Trading Limited (in administration) (1) (2) The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyRespondentDate 12 January 2021
JUDGMENT
Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 – Rule 21 The first Respondent failed to submit a Response to the claims and the administrator has given consent for them to proceed. On the information before me including submissions of behalf of the Claimants, witness statements (from Mr Swift, Mr McKendrick, Ms Cross and Ms H Smith) and the submissions made by the second Respondent The decision of the Employment Judge is:[1]The Claimants worked at a single establishment at which there was no recognised trade union.[2]The first Respondent failed to organise the election of employee representatives and to consult with them in accordance with sections 188 and 188A of Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“TULRCA”).[3]Accordingly, the Claimants’ complaints pursuant to TULRCA section 189 are well founded and succeed.[4]The first Respondent is ordered to pay remuneration to each of the Claimants in the attached schedule for a protected period of 90 days beginning on 16 March 2020.[5]The Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support) Regulations 1996 apply to these awards.[6]This judgment does not affect the Claimants’ remaining claims. 4.17 Rule 21 judgment – universal template. September 2017 Case No: 2602016/2020 & others Title First Name Surname Case Number Mr Janusz Adamowicz 2602016/2020 Mr Szymon Adamowicz 2602017/2020 Mr Stephen Allcock 2602018/2020 Ms Jacqueline Allen 2602019/2020 Mr Jordan Allen 2602020/2020 Ms Elizabeth Allen-Shelton 2602021/2020 Mr Andrejs Andrejevs 2602022/2020 Mr Daniel Andrews 2602023/2020 Mr Ryan Armstrong 2602024/2020 Miss Charlotte Askew 2602025/2020 Mr Richard Babnic 2602026/2020 Mr Adam Bacon 2602027/2020 Mr Krzysztof Baczewski 2602028/2020 Mr John Bark 2602029/2020 Mr Stephen Barson 2602030/2020 Mr Michael Bartle 2602031/2020 Mr Martin Beck 2602032/2020 Mr Daniel Beckett 2602033/2020 Mr Adam Beeby 2602034/2020 Mr Mark Bell 2602035/2020 Mr Raimonds Bertulis 2602036/2020 Mr Michal Bilik 2602037/2020 Mr David Boaler 2602038/2020 Mr Grant Bonsall 2602039/2020 Mr Kirk Bonsall 2602040/2020 Mr Neil Booth 2602041/2020 Mr Richard Booth 2602042/2020 Mr Michal Borycki 2602043/2020 Mr Ben Bowerman 2602044/2020 Mr Peter Bowler 2602045/2020 Mr Anthony Bramley 2602046/2020 Mr Phillip Brown 2602047/2020 Miss Shannon Bunyan 2602048/2020 Mr Andrew Burbanks 2602472/2020 Mr Jamie Burns 2602049/2020 Mr Kamil Busko 2602050/2020 Miss Daiga Butkus 2602051/2020 Mr Kevin Buxton 2602052/2020 Mr Anthony Carroll 2602054/2020 Mr Guy Carter 2602055/2020 Mr Olegs Ceremnihs 2602056/2020 Mrs Mandy Chatterton 2602057/2020 Mr Darren Cheetham 1306432/2020 Mr Alan Clarke 2602058/2020 Mr Gavin Clifton 2602059/2020 Mr Andrew Coates 2602060/2020 Mr Damien Cooke 2602061/2020 Mr Elvis Corbett 2602062/2020 Mrs Kerry Corney 2602063/2020 Mr Liam Corney 2602064/2020 Mr Daniel Cox 2602065/2020 Mr Daniel Brian Cox 2602066/2020 Mr Ian Cranshaw 2602067/2020 Mr Jonathan Crohill 2602068/2020 Miss Louise Crookes 2602069/2020 Ms Anne Cross 2602070/2020 Miss Natasha Davis 2602071/2020 Mr Elliott Dawson 2602072/2020 Mrs Ugne Deksnyte 2602073/2020 Mr Rihards Dilba 2602074/2020 Mr Janis Divans 2602075/2020 Mr Brandon Dixon 2602076/2020 Mr Edward Draycott 2602077/2020 Mr Andrzej Dziak 2602078/2020 Mrs Zofia Ecclesfield 2602079/2020 Mr Christopher Fell 2602080/2020 Mr Shaun Flint 2602081/2020 Mr Mark Flynn 2602082/2020 Mrs Sally Fox 2602083/2020 Mr Alan Frisby 2602084/2020 Mr Petronel Gabor 2602085/2020 Mr Daniel Gent 2602086/2020 Mr Constantin Gherman 2602087/2020 Mr Mark Gibson 2602088/2020 Mr Paul Gilbert 2602089/2020 Mrs Susan Gillings 2602090/2020 Mr Piotr Glodowski 2602091/2020 Mr Colin Goodwin 2602092/2020 Mr Gareth Griffiths 2602093/2020 Mr John Hall 2602094/2020 Mr Michael Hall 2602095/2020 Mrs Janet Hallam 2602096/2020 Mr Ben Haynes 2602097/2020 Mr Lee Henderson 2602098/2020 Mr Nicholas Herbert 2602099/2020 Mr Mark Herrington 2602100/2020 Mr Matthew Higginson 2602101/2020 Mr Simon Hill 2602102/2020 Mr Andrew Holdstock 2602103/2020 Mr Paul Holmes 2602104/2020 Mr Ben Houghton 2602105/2020 Mr Dean Housley 2602106/2020 Mr Colin Hutton 2602107/2020 Mr Sylwester Jackiewicz 2602108/2020 Mr David Jackson 2602109/2020 Mr Paul Jeacock 2602110/2020 Mr Krzysztof Jedrzejak 2602111/2020 Mr Kenneth Jenkins 2602112/2020 Mr Andrew Jenkinson 2602113/2020 Mr Scott Jennings 2602114/2020 Mr Adam Johnson 2602115/2020 Mr Jack Johnson 2602116/2020 Mr Mark Johnston 2602117/2020 Mr Sebastian Kaczorek 2602118/2020 Mr Amrik Kalcut 2602119/2020 Mr David Kirkby 2602120/2020 Mrs Kerry Kirkman 2602121/2020 Mr Martins Klavins 2602122/2020 Mr Alan Knowles 2602123/2020 Miss Justyna Kondrat 2602124/2020 Mr Edgars Korovins 2602125/2020 Mr Krzysztof Krol 2602126/2020 Mr Przemyslaw Kubicz 2602127/2020 Mr Krzysztof Kurowski 2602128/2020 Mr Piotr Kuszka 2602129/2020 Mr Pavol Kvasnik 2602130/2020 Mr Aaron Lambourn 2602131/2020 Mr Peter Lanckham 2602132/2020 Mr Lee Lapko 2602133/2020 Mr Steven Leake 2602134/2020 Mr Tomasz Lechowicz 2602135/2020 Mr Damian Lesniowski 2602136/2020 Mr George Leverton 2602137/2020 Mr Michael Lowery 2602138/2020 Mr Riley Machin 2602139/2020 Mr Gerald Mackley 2602140/2020 Mr Bruce Manning 2602141/2020 Mr Adrian Marcu 2602142/2020 Mr Juris Markovs 2602143/2020 Mr Craig Marriott 2602144/2020 Mr David Marriott 2602145/2020 Mr Michael Marsh 2602146/2020 Mr Robert Marsh 2602147/2020 Mr Joe Mason 2602148/2020 Ms Romana Matejovicova 2602149/2020 Miss Tracy May 2602150/2020 Mr Jamie Mcginn 2602151/2020 Mr Greig Mckendrick 2602152/2020 Mr Scott Mcparland 2602153/2020 Mrs Sara Mellor 2602154/2020 Miss Catherine Meloy 2602155/2020 Mr Ireneusz Michalik 2602156/2020 Mr Blake Miles-Smith 2602157/2020 Miss Marta Morka 2602158/2020 Mr Mark Morland 2602159/2020 Mr Barrington Morrison 2602160/2020 Mr Lee Mozley 2602161/2020 Mrs Samantha Mozley 2602162/2020 Mr Mesud Muratovic 2602163/2020 Mr Arturs Muravjevs 2602164/2020 Mr Mark Nelson 2602165/2020 Mr John Newton 2602166/2020 Mrs Tracey Nicholls 2602167/2020 Mr Simon Nuttall 2602168/2020 Ms Hannah Oakden 2602169/2020 Mr Geraint Oakley 2602170/2020 Mr Romuald Orlowski 2602171/2020 Mr Jaroslaw Palczynski 2602172/2020 Mr Blake Parker 2602173/2020 Mr Brian Parker 2602174/2020 Mr Matthew Parkin 2602175/2020 Mr Steven Parkin 2602176/2020 Mr Christopher Pasturel 2602177/2020 Mr Alexander Paton 2602178/2020 Mr James Pears 2602179/2020 Mr Jordan Pepper 2602180/2020 Mr Andrew Perry 2602181/2020 Mr Eduards Petrovskis 2602182/2020 Mr Robert Pieczykolan 2602183/2020 Mr Dmitrijs Pilacs 2602184/2020 Miss Aneta Pindak 2602185/2020 Mr Mark Pitchford 2602186/2020 Mrs Karen Potts 2602187/2020 Mr Gareth Price 2602188/2020 Mr Mathew Price 2602189/2020 Mr Viktors Prokopovics 2602190/2020 Mr Mateusz Prudlo 2602191/2020 Mr Viliam Psenko 2602192/2020 Mr Trevor Raper 2602193/2020 Mr Jonathan Ratcliffe 2602194/2020 Mr David Reay 2602195/2020 Mr Jason Redfern 2602196/2020 Mr Fiseal Riaz 2602197/2020 Mr James Rice 2602198/2020 Mr Paul Michael Richardson 2602199/2020 Mr Paul Steven Richardson 2602200/2020 Ms Fiona Ridgard 2602201/2020 Mr James Rowntree 2602202/2020 Mr Ugis Rukmanis 2602203/2020 Mrs Inese Ruslevica 2602204/2020 Mr Andris Ruslevics 2602205/2020 Mr Oskars Ruslevics 2602206/2020 Mr Wayne Sanderson 2602207/2020 Mr Valdis Seglins 2602208/2020 Mr Jonathan Shaw 2602209/2020 Mr Peter Sinclair 2602210/2020 Mr Kyle Skidmore 2602211/2020 Mr Leszek Sliwinski 2602212/2020 Miss Hannah Smith 2602213/2020 Mr Gatis Soroka 2602216/2020 Mr Ingus Stacevics 2602217/2020 Mrs Helen Stevenson 2602218/2020 Mrs Susan Stevenson 2602219/2020 Mr Vlad Stoica 2602220/2020 Mr Octavian Suteu 2602863/2020 Miss Mirela Swierczynska 2602221/2020 Mr Christopher Swift 2602222/2020 Mr Rickie Taylor 2602223/2020 Mr Vlad-Sorin Tepes 2602224/2020 Ms Carla Terra 2602225/2020 Mrs Gemma Thomas 2602226/2020 Mr Kaspars Upmalis 2602227/2020 Mr Phillip Varley 2602228/2020 Mr Ruslan Vasilevskij 2602229/2020 Mr Luigj Veshaj 2602230/2020 Mr Janeks Vorotinskis 2602231/2020 Mr Kevin Wain 2602232/2020 Mr Michael Walker 2602233/2020 Mrs Rachael Walker 2602234/2020 Mr Stephen Washer 2602235/2020 Mr Ian Wells 2602236/2020 Mr Martyn Wells 2602237/2020 Mr Dean White 2602238/2020 Miss Laura White 2602239/2020 Mr George Whitton 2602240/2020 Mr Peter Wilkinson 2602241/2020 Mr Derrie Wilson 2602242/2020 Mr James Winfield 2602243/2020 Mr Robert Wojdacki 2602244/2020 Mr Brady Wood 2602245/2020 Mr Graham Wood 2602246/2020 Mr Stuart Wood 2602247/2020 Mr Paul Woodhead 2602248/2020 Mrs Kerry Worthington-Ash 2602249/2020 Mr Jason Wyville 2602251/2020 Mr Andrew Yates 2602252/2020 Mr Trevor Young 2602253/2020 Mr William Yuill 2602254/2020 Mr Oskars Zagorskis 2602255/2020 Mr Janis Zakalovskis 2602256/2020 Mr Janis Zvidris 2602257/2020