Mr A Maclennan and Others v Everest 2020 Ltd (In Administration) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade: 3306718/2024 and Others
JUDGMENT
(1) The respondent has failed to comply with a requirement of section 188 of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The claim for a protective award succeeds.(2) The Tribunal makes a protective award in respect of the claimants who worked at the respondent’s establishment at Building 1, Albany Place, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 3BT and who were dismissed as redundant on or after 29 April 2024 that the employer pay remuneration for the protected period which begins on 29 April 2024 and is for a period of 90 days. The Recoupment Regulations apply.REASONS
[1]The claimants were employed at the same establishment at Building 1, Albany Place, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 3BT (“the establishment”) and were made redundant on 29 April 2024.[2]There was no recognised trade union or elected employee representatives at the establishment. 3. 20 or more employees at the establishment were made redundant or placed at risk of redundancy, on or within 90 days of 29 April 2024.[4]The claimants were dismissed during this period without any consultation having taken place.[5]The last of the dismissals occurred on 7 June 2024, so all the claims are likely to have been presented within the time limit contained in section 189(5)(b) of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.[6]The first respondent, which is in administration, has not filed a response but its administrators have given their consent to the claim for a protective award proceeding. The second respondent has not filed a response.[7]There is no reason to depart from the principle that protective awards are punitive and should be for the maximum period unless there are circumstances making it just not to do so. Approved by: Regional Employment Judge Foxwell Date: 18 March 2025 JUDGMENTSENT TO THE PARTIES ON ...................27 March 2025......................... ................................…................................ Notes Written reasons will not be provided unless a written request is presented by either party within 14 days of the sending of this written record of the decision. Judgments and reasons for the judgments are published, in full, online at www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions shortly after a copy has been sent to the claimant(s) and respondent(s) in a case. MULTIPLE SCHEDULE Case Number Claimant Name 3306718/2024 Mr Andrew Maclennan 3306719/2024 Mr Andrew Maclennan 3306720/2024 Mr Martin Adams 3306721/2024 Mr Stephen Adcock 3306722/2024 Mr Patrick Agnew 3306723/2024 Mr A S M Junayed Ahmed 3306724/2024 Ms Justine Aitken 3306725/2024 Mr Richard Amies 3306726/2024 Mr Richard Astley 3306727/2024 Ms Laura Avanzato 3306728/2024 Mr James Babb 3306729/2024 Ms Janet Baker 3306730/2024 Mr Matthew Bell 3306731/2024 Mr Frederick Birkbeck 3306732/2024 Mr Steven Brand 3306733/2024 Ms Galina Bratten 3306734/2024 Ms Maria Briffas 3306735/2024 Ms Gabriella Bruno 3306736/2024 Mr Andrew Bundy 3306737/2024 Mr Karoonah Bungsraz 3306738/2024 Mr Russ Burton 3306739/2024 Mr Nigel Caldicott 3306740/2024 Ms Muireann Clifford 3306741/2024 Ms Stella Constantinou 3306742/2024 Mr Jordan Cook 3306743/2024 Ms Patricia Coombes 3306744/2024 Mr James Coombes 3306745/2024 Mr Michael Coombes 3306746/2024 Ms Gillian Cooper 3306747/2024 Mr Paul Copeland 3306748/2024 Mr Proscovia Crew-Gee 3306749/2024 Mr Paul Croft 3306750/2024 Mr Kevin Cronin 3306751/2024 Mr Jamie Cross 3306752/2024 Mr Dean Cullinane 3306753/2024 Ms Julie D'Alanno 3306754/2024 Mr Mark Davies 3306755/2024 Mr Paul Davies 3306756/2024 Ms Georgina Dempsey 3306757/2024 Mr Stephen Dore 3306758/2024 Mr Paul Downes 3306759/2024 Ms Kelsey Dunn 3306760/2024 Mr Lee Dury 3306761/2024 Mr Nick Eddington 3306762/2024 Ms Alison English 3306763/2024 Mr Kieron Evans 3306764/2024 Ms Julia Field 3306765/2024 Mr Adam Fleming 3306766/2024 Mr Bradley Gellard 3306767/2024 Ms Melia Georgiou 3306768/2024 Ms Lynn Gilchrist 3306769/2024 Ms Emma Glossop 3306770/2024 Mr Nicholas Godwin 3306771/2024 Mr Warren Goodwin 3306772/2024 Mr Duncan Graham 3306773/2024 Mr David Gray 3306774/2024 Mr Joseph Griffin 3306775/2024 Ms Ceri Hagerty 3306776/2024 Mr Paul Hall 3306777/2024 Mr Michael Harvey 3306778/2024 Mr Kieron Hill 3306779/2024 Ms Caroline Hilley 3306780/2024 Mr Richard Hopkins 3306781/2024 Ms Rebecca Howells 3306782/2024 Mr Peter Hunt 3306783/2024 Mr David Hunter 3306784/2024 Mr Keith Jaggers 3306785/2024 Mr William Jones 3306786/2024 Mr Carlton Jones 3306787/2024 Mr Neil Jones 3306788/2024 Ms Lynda Kelly 3306789/2024 Mr Stephen Kennedy 3306790/2024 Mr Thomas Knox 3306791/2024 Mr Dale Lapworth 3306792/2024 Mr Gareth Lewis 3306793/2024 Ms Alison Linwood 3306794/2024 Ms Alexandra Macdonald 3306795/2024 Mr Stephen Maisey 3306796/2024 Mr Christopher Manahan 3306797/2024 Mr Paul Matthews 3306798/2024 Mr Andrew Mcclelland 3306799/2024 Mr Jamie Mccrudden 3306800/2024 Mr Daniel Mee 3306801/2024 Mr Faisal Meir 3306802/2024 Mr Andrew Merritt 3306803/2024 Mr Paul Miller 3306804/2024 Ms Lucy Moody 3306805/2024 Mr Andrew Moore 3306806/2024 Mr Christian Morey 3306807/2024 Mr Andrew Morgan 3306808/2024 Mr Jonathan Moult 3306809/2024 Mr Justin Mounsey 3306810/2024 Ms Alison Muir 3306811/2024 Ms Elaine Murray 3306812/2024 Ms Zebunnisa Murtaza 3306813/2024 Mr Daniel Nash 3306814/2024 Mr Daryl Newbold 3306815/2024 Mr Paul Newsome 3306816/2024 Ms Jo Nigrelli 3306817/2024 Mr Robert Norman 3306818/2024 Ms Olimpia Noto 3306819/2024 Ms Abbie Olone 3306820/2024 Mr Stephen Oram 3306821/2024 Mr Matthew Packard 3306822/2024 Mr Debra Palmer 3306823/2024 Mr Matthew Perks 3306824/2024 Mr Kyle Phillips 3306825/2024 Ms Victoria Phillips 3306826/2024 Mr Keelan Phillips 3306827/2024 Mr William Phillips 3306828/2024 Mr Christopher Pool 3306829/2024 Mr Dylan Pyer 3306830/2024 Mr Stephen Reeves 3306831/2024 Mr Allan Reid 3306832/2024 Mr Carl Richards 3306833/2024 Ms Natalie Roberts 3306834/2024 Mr David Robertson 3306835/2024 Ms Marianne Rodger 3306836/2024 Ms Antonietta Rodia 3306837/2024 Mr Mark Roles 3306838/2024 Mr Peter Rooke 3306839/2024 Ms Laura Ross 3306840/2024 Ms Sara Rubini 3306841/2024 Mr Franca Santoli 3306842/2024 Mr Colin Scarlett 3306843/2024 Mr Adam Schofield 3306844/2024 Ms Lyn Semple 3306845/2024 Mr David Sgueglia 3306846/2024 Mr Anthony Short 3306847/2024 Mr William Simpson 3306848/2024 Mr Andrew Slattery 3306849/2024 Mr Connor Smith 3306850/2024 Mr Salvatrice Solazzo 3306851/2024 Mr Richard Stanbrook 3306852/2024 Ms Beth Struthers 3306853/2024 Mr Dean Summers 3306854/2024 Mr Lennon Tait 3306855/2024 Ms Cheuk Moon Tang 3306856/2024 Ms Paula Tarbuck 3306857/2024 Mr Garry Taylor 3306858/2024 Ms Sharon Teggart 3306859/2024 Ms Sandra Terrell 3306860/2024 Mr Anthony Threlfall 3306861/2024 Mr Nicholas Trigg 3306862/2024 Mr Rashid Uzzaman 3306863/2024 Mr Darren Varley 3306864/2024 Mr Luke Veck 3306865/2024 Ms Cristina Vega Trasierras 3306866/2024 Mr Mark Westlake 3306867/2024 Ms Cheryl Whiteside 3306868/2024 Mr Dean Williams 3306869/2024 Ms Karen Witt 3306870/2024 Mr Julian Wood 3306871/2024 Mr Adrian Wood 3306872/2024 Mr Paul Worthington 3306873/2024 Mr Graeme Wright 3306874/2024 Ms Alison Young 3306875/2024 Ms Sarah Elm 3306876/2024 Mr Jack Elm 3306877/2024 Mr Ian Swain 3306878/2024 Mr Harry Laud 3306879/2024 Ms Kerry McMahon 3306880/2024 Mr Gareth Hopkins 3306881/2024 Ms Theresa Feurtado 3306882/2024 Mr Jonathan Coombes 3306883/2024 Mr Christopher Foyster 3306884/2024 Mr Justin Evans 3306885/2024 Mr Gregory Pugh 3306886/2024 Mr Robert Masters 3306887/2024 Mr Stephen Winter 3306888/2024 Ms Gillian Cran 3306889/2024 Mr Adam Smith 3306890/2024 Mr Simon Vickery 3306891/2024 Mr Stephen Dulake 3306892/2024 Ms Angela Wark 3306893/2024 Mr Robin O'Brien 3306894/2024 Mr Ricky Mindham 3306895/2024 Mr Mark Nesbit 3306896/2024 Mr Mark Harrison 3306897/2024 Mr Liam Ellis 3306898/2024 Mr Anthony Harrison 3306899/2024 Mr Stewart Ilsley 3306900/2024 Mr Stephen Edwards 3306901/2024 Mr Lee Medcraft 3306902/2024 Mr Gareth Bees 3306903/2024 Mr Gary Ede 3306904/2024 Mr Oliver Attfield 3306905/2024 Mr Rummel Rowe 3306906/2024 Mr Melvin Boreham 3306907/2024 Mr Vincenzo Devizio 3306908/2024 Ms Joanna Engerer 3306909/2024 Ms Lana Clark 3306910/2024 Mr Ian Jackman 3306911/2024 Mr Lyndon Crawford Williams 3306912/2024 Mr Aaron Barnsdale 3306913/2024 Mr Gary Williams 3306914/2024 Mr Stuart Davies 3306915/2024 Mr Darin Morland 3306916/2024 Mr Steven Wall Case Number: 3306718/2024 – 3306916/2024 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr A Maclennan & Others (see attached schedule) Respondent: 1. Everest 2020 Limited (In Administration) 2. Secretary of State for Business and Trade[1]The claimants were employed at the same establishment at Building 1, Albany Place, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 3BT (“the establishment”) and were made redundant on 29 April 2024.[2]There was no recognised trade union or elected employee representatives at the establishment. 3. 20 or more employees at the establishment were made redundant or placed at risk of redundancy, on or within 90 days of 29 April 2024.[4]The claimants were dismissed during this period without any consultation having taken place.[5]The last of the dismissals occurred on 7 June 2024, so all the claims are likely to have been presented within the time limit contained in section 189(5)(b) of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.[6]The first respondent, which is in administration, has not filed a response but its administrators have given their consent to the claim for a protective award proceeding. The second respondent has not filed a response.[7]There is no reason to depart from the principle that protective awards are punitive and should be for the maximum period unless there are circumstances making it just not to do so. Approved by: Regional Employment Judge Foxwell Date: 18 March 2025 JUDGMENTSENT TO THE PARTIES ON ...................27 March 2025......................... ................................…................................ Notes Written reasons will not be provided unless a written request is presented by either party within 14 days of the sending of this written record of the decision. Judgments and reasons for the judgments are published, in full, online at www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions shortly after a copy has been sent to the claimant(s) and respondent(s) in a case. MULTIPLE SCHEDULE Case Number Claimant Name 3306718/2024 Mr Andrew Maclennan 3306719/2024 Mr Andrew Maclennan 3306720/2024 Mr Martin Adams 3306721/2024 Mr Stephen Adcock 3306722/2024 Mr Patrick Agnew 3306723/2024 Mr A S M Junayed Ahmed 3306724/2024 Ms Justine Aitken 3306725/2024 Mr Richard Amies 3306726/2024 Mr Richard Astley 3306727/2024 Ms Laura Avanzato 3306728/2024 Mr James Babb 3306729/2024 Ms Janet Baker 3306730/2024 Mr Matthew Bell 3306731/2024 Mr Frederick Birkbeck 3306732/2024 Mr Steven Brand 3306733/2024 Ms Galina Bratten 3306734/2024 Ms Maria Briffas 3306735/2024 Ms Gabriella Bruno 3306736/2024 Mr Andrew Bundy 3306737/2024 Mr Karoonah Bungsraz 3306738/2024 Mr Russ Burton 3306739/2024 Mr Nigel Caldicott 3306740/2024 Ms Muireann Clifford 3306741/2024 Ms Stella Constantinou 3306742/2024 Mr Jordan Cook 3306743/2024 Ms Patricia Coombes 3306744/2024 Mr James Coombes 3306745/2024 Mr Michael Coombes 3306746/2024 Ms Gillian Cooper 3306747/2024 Mr Paul Copeland 3306748/2024 Mr Proscovia Crew-Gee 3306749/2024 Mr Paul Croft 3306750/2024 Mr Kevin Cronin 3306751/2024 Mr Jamie Cross 3306752/2024 Mr Dean Cullinane 3306753/2024 Ms Julie D'Alanno 3306754/2024 Mr Mark Davies 3306755/2024 Mr Paul Davies 3306756/2024 Ms Georgina Dempsey 3306757/2024 Mr Stephen Dore 3306758/2024 Mr Paul Downes 3306759/2024 Ms Kelsey Dunn 3306760/2024 Mr Lee Dury 3306761/2024 Mr Nick Eddington 3306762/2024 Ms Alison English 3306763/2024 Mr Kieron Evans 3306764/2024 Ms Julia Field 3306765/2024 Mr Adam Fleming 3306766/2024 Mr Bradley Gellard 3306767/2024 Ms Melia Georgiou 3306768/2024 Ms Lynn Gilchrist 3306769/2024 Ms Emma Glossop 3306770/2024 Mr Nicholas Godwin 3306771/2024 Mr Warren Goodwin 3306772/2024 Mr Duncan Graham 3306773/2024 Mr David Gray 3306774/2024 Mr Joseph Griffin 3306775/2024 Ms Ceri Hagerty 3306776/2024 Mr Paul Hall 3306777/2024 Mr Michael Harvey 3306778/2024 Mr Kieron Hill 3306779/2024 Ms Caroline Hilley 3306780/2024 Mr Richard Hopkins 3306781/2024 Ms Rebecca Howells 3306782/2024 Mr Peter Hunt 3306783/2024 Mr David Hunter 3306784/2024 Mr Keith Jaggers 3306785/2024 Mr William Jones 3306786/2024 Mr Carlton Jones 3306787/2024 Mr Neil Jones 3306788/2024 Ms Lynda Kelly 3306789/2024 Mr Stephen Kennedy 3306790/2024 Mr Thomas Knox 3306791/2024 Mr Dale Lapworth 3306792/2024 Mr Gareth Lewis 3306793/2024 Ms Alison Linwood 3306794/2024 Ms Alexandra Macdonald 3306795/2024 Mr Stephen Maisey 3306796/2024 Mr Christopher Manahan 3306797/2024 Mr Paul Matthews 3306798/2024 Mr Andrew Mcclelland 3306799/2024 Mr Jamie Mccrudden 3306800/2024 Mr Daniel Mee 3306801/2024 Mr Faisal Meir 3306802/2024 Mr Andrew Merritt 3306803/2024 Mr Paul Miller 3306804/2024 Ms Lucy Moody 3306805/2024 Mr Andrew Moore 3306806/2024 Mr Christian Morey 3306807/2024 Mr Andrew Morgan 3306808/2024 Mr Jonathan Moult 3306809/2024 Mr Justin Mounsey 3306810/2024 Ms Alison Muir 3306811/2024 Ms Elaine Murray 3306812/2024 Ms Zebunnisa Murtaza 3306813/2024 Mr Daniel Nash 3306814/2024 Mr Daryl Newbold 3306815/2024 Mr Paul Newsome 3306816/2024 Ms Jo Nigrelli 3306817/2024 Mr Robert Norman 3306818/2024 Ms Olimpia Noto 3306819/2024 Ms Abbie Olone 3306820/2024 Mr Stephen Oram 3306821/2024 Mr Matthew Packard 3306822/2024 Mr Debra Palmer 3306823/2024 Mr Matthew Perks 3306824/2024 Mr Kyle Phillips 3306825/2024 Ms Victoria Phillips 3306826/2024 Mr Keelan Phillips 3306827/2024 Mr William Phillips 3306828/2024 Mr Christopher Pool 3306829/2024 Mr Dylan Pyer 3306830/2024 Mr Stephen Reeves 3306831/2024 Mr Allan Reid 3306832/2024 Mr Carl Richards 3306833/2024 Ms Natalie Roberts 3306834/2024 Mr David Robertson 3306835/2024 Ms Marianne Rodger 3306836/2024 Ms Antonietta Rodia 3306837/2024 Mr Mark Roles 3306838/2024 Mr Peter Rooke 3306839/2024 Ms Laura Ross 3306840/2024 Ms Sara Rubini 3306841/2024 Mr Franca Santoli 3306842/2024 Mr Colin Scarlett 3306843/2024 Mr Adam Schofield 3306844/2024 Ms Lyn Semple 3306845/2024 Mr David Sgueglia 3306846/2024 Mr Anthony Short 3306847/2024 Mr William Simpson 3306848/2024 Mr Andrew Slattery 3306849/2024 Mr Connor Smith 3306850/2024 Mr Salvatrice Solazzo 3306851/2024 Mr Richard Stanbrook 3306852/2024 Ms Beth Struthers 3306853/2024 Mr Dean Summers 3306854/2024 Mr Lennon Tait 3306855/2024 Ms Cheuk Moon Tang 3306856/2024 Ms Paula Tarbuck 3306857/2024 Mr Garry Taylor 3306858/2024 Ms Sharon Teggart 3306859/2024 Ms Sandra Terrell 3306860/2024 Mr Anthony Threlfall 3306861/2024 Mr Nicholas Trigg 3306862/2024 Mr Rashid Uzzaman 3306863/2024 Mr Darren Varley 3306864/2024 Mr Luke Veck 3306865/2024 Ms Cristina Vega Trasierras 3306866/2024 Mr Mark Westlake 3306867/2024 Ms Cheryl Whiteside 3306868/2024 Mr Dean Williams 3306869/2024 Ms Karen Witt 3306870/2024 Mr Julian Wood 3306871/2024 Mr Adrian Wood 3306872/2024 Mr Paul Worthington 3306873/2024 Mr Graeme Wright 3306874/2024 Ms Alison Young 3306875/2024 Ms Sarah Elm 3306876/2024 Mr Jack Elm 3306877/2024 Mr Ian Swain 3306878/2024 Mr Harry Laud 3306879/2024 Ms Kerry McMahon 3306880/2024 Mr Gareth Hopkins 3306881/2024 Ms Theresa Feurtado 3306882/2024 Mr Jonathan Coombes 3306883/2024 Mr Christopher Foyster 3306884/2024 Mr Justin Evans 3306885/2024 Mr Gregory Pugh 3306886/2024 Mr Robert Masters 3306887/2024 Mr Stephen Winter 3306888/2024 Ms Gillian Cran 3306889/2024 Mr Adam Smith 3306890/2024 Mr Simon Vickery 3306891/2024 Mr Stephen Dulake 3306892/2024 Ms Angela Wark 3306893/2024 Mr Robin O'Brien 3306894/2024 Mr Ricky Mindham 3306895/2024 Mr Mark Nesbit 3306896/2024 Mr Mark Harrison 3306897/2024 Mr Liam Ellis 3306898/2024 Mr Anthony Harrison 3306899/2024 Mr Stewart Ilsley 3306900/2024 Mr Stephen Edwards 3306901/2024 Mr Lee Medcraft 3306902/2024 Mr Gareth Bees 3306903/2024 Mr Gary Ede 3306904/2024 Mr Oliver Attfield 3306905/2024 Mr Rummel Rowe 3306906/2024 Mr Melvin Boreham 3306907/2024 Mr Vincenzo Devizio 3306908/2024 Ms Joanna Engerer 3306909/2024 Ms Lana Clark 3306910/2024 Mr Ian Jackman 3306911/2024 Mr Lyndon Crawford Williams 3306912/2024 Mr Aaron Barnsdale 3306913/2024 Mr Gary Williams 3306914/2024 Mr Stuart Davies 3306915/2024 Mr Darin Morland 3306916/2024 Mr Steven Wall