Mr D Fabris First v Carlton Forest 3PL Limited (in administration) Second Respondent: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade (SoS) Heard at Leeds by CVP — 2025

The claimant was employed by the first respondent as group property director from 15 May 2023 until 28 March 2024, when he was dismissed by reason of redundancy. More than 20 employees were made redundant at a single establishment (Bawtry Park, Bawtry), and the claimant had not been consulted about his impending redundancy at the time of dismissal. The administrators consented to the claimant continuing his claims against the first respondent, which is in administration, and the Tribunal was satisfied that the Secretary of State was an interested party.

The Tribunal found the protective award complaint well founded and made a declaration to that effect, with a protected period of 90 days from 28 March 2024 to 26 June 2024 covering the claimant. For the purposes of the Judgment the award was not quantified, although the Reasons record that, without prejudice to the SoS's position, it would be eight weeks at £643.00 per week (a total of £5,144.00), with the claimant's gross salary at dismissal recorded as £6,667 per month.

On the breach of contract claim, the Tribunal found that the first respondent failed to pay £293.52 of pension contributions due under the claimant's auto-enrolled pension scheme and ordered the first respondent to pay that sum, or for it to be paid on completion of the Redundancy Payment Service process, whichever is the earlier.