Mrs S Waller v Rogers Auto Factors Ltd: 3324984/2017
JUDGMENT
Rule 21 of Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013[1]The Respondent failed to present a response to the claim and judgment on liability is entered as follows.[2]The Claimant was unfairly dismissed.[3]The Claimant is entitled to a redundancy payment.[4]The Claimant was dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice.[5]The remedy to which the Claimant is entitled will be determined at a Remedy Hearing on 2 October 2017 with a time allocation of 3 hours.REASONS
[1]Rule 21 Judgment was entered on 28 July 2017. There was no attendance by the respondent today.[2]The claimant’s entitlement to a redundancy payment is calculated at £2,301.30 being based on 12 years’ service and a multiplier of 1.5 and gross weekly wages of £127.85.[3]The claimant was also entitled to nine weeks’ notice pay (12 weeks’ notice of termination was received by her on 9 January 2017) and she worked for three weeks of her notice period until termination on 31 January 2017. Nine weeks pay at £127.85 = £1,150.65.[4]The claimant found alternative employment and is working more hours and earning more money with the new employer. I consider it is just and Page 1 of 2 Case Number: 3324984/2017 equitable to award one week’s pay at £127.85 together with £350.00 for loss of statutory rights. The claimant also said that she incurred expenses in finding alternative employment. She had made approximately six journeys of 100 miles in total. I awarded £45.00 for travel expenses, giving a grand total of the compensatory award of £522.85.