EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Nos: 4103941/2022, 4103942/2022, 4103943/2022 & 4103944/2022 Held at Aberdeen on October 2022 (V) Employment Judge N M Hosie st v Represented by Ms L Grant Miss Hayley Jarvie Rowanbank Salon Ltd — 2022

The claimants brought unopposed claims after their summary dismissal on 24 May 2022. The case called on 10 October 2022 primarily to establish the sums due. The tribunal accepted the information provided by the claimants' representative in emails dated 13, 17 and 30 September 2022, together with the documentary productions including payslips and contracts of employment, and found the claims well-founded and the calculations correct.

The tribunal found that this was a genuine redundancy situation. It recorded that the respondent closed its business on 24 May 2022, all four claimants were summarily dismissed on that date, and the business had not reopened. The judgment also noted that damages for breach of contract were calculated on net weekly earnings, while payment in lieu of annual leave was calculated on gross weekly earnings and was subject to deductions for income tax and national insurance.

For Miss Susan Reid, employed from 12 December 1978, the tribunal awarded £15,840 redundancy pay, £4,942 damages for failure to give notice, and £1,647 for accrued annual leave. For Mrs Maree Wood or Valentine, employed from 9 December 2016, it awarded £3,312 redundancy pay, £552 notice damages, and £88 for accrued annual leave.

For Mrs Stephanie Bremner, employed from 19 June 2012, the tribunal awarded £4,632 redundancy pay, £2,625 notice damages, and £1,569 for accrued annual leave. For Miss Hayley Jarvie, employed from 5 December 2019, it awarded £1,475 redundancy pay and £577 notice damages. The total award across the four claimants was £37,259.