Mr T Day v Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust — 2024

The claimant's fixed term contract was not renewed on 5 December 2023. The tribunal recorded that the reason for dismissal was redundancy and found that selection was within the band of reasonable responses, but that the respondent had not started its fixed term contract procedure at the appropriate time, had not held a formal meeting before the contract ended, and had made no efforts to find alternative employment during the earlier at-risk period.

The unfair dismissal complaint succeeded. The tribunal made no basic award because it was extinguished by the statutory redundancy payment, and later ordered a compensatory award limited to losses from 6 December 2023 to 28 February 2024. The breach of contract complaint about notice pay was dismissed because the tribunal interpreted the contract as giving temporary staff, including fixed term staff, a four week notice period.