N Brearley v Razors Edge Group Limited trading as James Roberts Beauty — 2025

The claim was presented in the Manchester Employment Tribunal on 10 March 2025. The respondent failed to present a valid response on time, and Employment Judge Phil Allen decided that a determination could properly be made of part of the claim under rule 22 of the Rules of Procedure. The title was amended to Razors Edge Group Limited trading as James Roberts Beauty to reflect the correct respondent name.

On the part of the claim determined in this judgment, the tribunal found that the claimant was dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a redundancy payment. The award was calculated on the basis of 11 complete years at one week’s pay for each year when the claimant was aged between 22 and 41, and 9 complete years at one and a half weeks’ pay for each year when the claimant was 41 or older, with service capped at 20 years.

Using a weekly pay figure of £326.92, the tribunal calculated the redundancy payment as £4,413.42 plus £3,596.12, giving a total of £8,009.54. The judgment records that the respondent must pay the claimant £8,009.54 in total.

The tribunal also noted that the claimant’s outstanding complaints would proceed to hearing. The accompanying notice states that interest is payable under article 12 of the Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990, with the relevant decision day identified as 23 September 2025 and the stipulated rate as 8% per annum, but no separate interest sum is quantified in the judgment text provided.