Mrs K Tennant v Pringle Building Services Limited — 2019

The hearing took place on 6 December 2019 before Employment Judge BN Speker. Shortly before the hearing, the respondent emailed saying that its managing director, Sean Pringle, was ill with a virus and asking for a postponement. The tribunal refused the postponement because the application was late, there was no medical evidence, and the claimant's application for a redundancy payment was not being actively opposed; delay would have prejudiced the claimant.

On the information provided by the claimant in correspondence, and taking account of the respondent's response document, the tribunal found that Mrs Tennant was entitled to a redundancy payment under the statutory redundancy payment provisions. The tribunal recorded that she had been employed for thirteen years and was over forty-one throughout the whole of her employment. Using a weekly wage of £411.88, the statutory redundancy payment calculated to £8,031.66.

The judgment also notes that the respondent suggested there had been an overpayment of annual leave monies, but no formal counterclaim had been lodged. The tribunal said that issue was therefore a matter for the parties, or elsewhere, and it did not affect the redundancy payment award.