Case 2501448/2021 · Employment Tribunal

Ms Christine Edwards First v Shearings Hotels Limited (In Administration) Second Respondent: Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy PROTECTED AWARD — 2021

Case reference: 2501448/2021
Decision date: 29 December 2021
Jurisdiction: England & Wales

Indexed: 23 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Ms Christine Edwards First

Respondent

Shearings Hotels Limited (In Administration) Second Respondent: Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy PROTECTED AWARD

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The tribunal found that the First Respondent, Shearings Hotels Limited (In Administration), failed to comply with a requirement of section 188 or section 188A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. It therefore upheld the claimant's complaint and made a protected award in her favour.

The judgment ordered the First Respondent to pay remuneration calculated in accordance with section 190 of the 1992 Act to the claimant personally for the protected period. The protected period was identified as 22 May 2021 to 21 July 2021.

The tribunal also recorded that the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support) Regulations 1996 apply. It stated that regulation 6 imposes a duty to provide information to the Secretary of State and that regulation 7 postpones the award to enable the Secretary of State to serve a recoupment notice under regulation 8.

Claims and outcomes

1 finding recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Other	Protected award claim under section 188 or section 188A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The tribunal found the complaint well-founded and ordered remuneration under section 190 for the protected period, but the extracted text does not state a monetary sum.	Upheld	—	—

Legal tests applied

4 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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