Mrs V Ovenstone v ,15 Solicitor Nicola Thomson — 2020

Mrs V Ovenstone brought a claim for a redundancy payment. The respondent did not present and had not lodged an ET3, and the claim was not resisted. The tribunal had sought information for a possible default judgment, but the claimant did not provide it until the morning of the hearing. The claimant gave evidence and said she had worked for the respondent from 3 March 2015 until her employment ended on 27 April 2019 when the salon closed.

The tribunal accepted that the claimant's normal working pattern was two days per week and that she was paid £130 per week for those hours. It also accepted that she had four full years' service. On that basis, and taking redundancy as the reason for dismissal, the tribunal held that she was entitled to a statutory redundancy payment calculated at 4 x 1.5 x £130, producing a total of £780. The reasons also note that she had previously worked three days per week and that she was receiving statutory sick pay when dismissed after going off sick in or about February 2018.