Unite the Union v Thomas Cook Airlines Ltd (In Liquidation): 4114763/2019
JUDGMENT
The Employment Judge has decided to issue the following judgment on the available material under rule 21.[1]The claimant is entitled to bring this claim because the complaint concerns a failure relating to representatives of a trade union, and the claimant is the relevant union.[2]No response was presented to this claim within the applicable time limit.[3]The respondent is in compulsory liquidation but the relevant court granted permission for the continuation of these proceedings on 4 February 2021.[4]The complaint that the respondent failed to comply with a requirement of section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is well founded.[5]The Tribunal makes a protective award in respect of all affected employees of the Respondent:(i) who were employed at Glasgow Airport(ii) who were dismissed as redundant by the Respondent or whom the respondent proposed to dismiss as redundant(iii) who were of a description in respect of whom the reclaimant was recognised and who fell within the bargaining unit covered by the Recognition Agreement between the respondent and the claimant.[7]The respondent is ordered to pay remuneration for the protected period. The protected period begins with 23 September 201 9 and lasts for 90 days.