THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

CASE REF:	1662/14

CLAIMANT:			Gerard Christopher Lennon

RESPONDENTS:		Roisin Campbell and Gareth Campbell
				t/a Absolute Marketing

DECISION 
The unanimous decision of the tribunal is set out at Paragraph 4. below.

Constitution of Tribunal:
Employment Judge (sitting alone):		Employment Judge Buchanan

Appearances:
The claimant appeared in person and was not represented.
The respondents did not appear, nor were they represented.
Mr N Cruickshanks, for Department of Employment and Learning.

1.	The title of the respondents was amended to that now shown above.

2.	The respondents entered a late response which was rejected, and they have not sought a review of that decision.

3.	The Department of Employment and Learning, which was originally a party to these proceedings, was dismissed as a respondent, with the consent of the claimant.

4	I am satisfied that the claimant, Mr Lennon, is an honest witness and on the basis of his evidence, I hereby order that the respondents pay to the claimant the following sums:-

(a)	a redundancy payment of £11,280.00 calculated on the basis that the claimant had 16 years’ complete service, was aged 57 at the time of his dismissal, and had a gross weekly wage of £800.00 (to which the statutory cap of £470.00 is applied).

			The multiplier is 24 (24 x £470.00  =  £11,280.00);

		(b)	a sum of £7,224.00 in respect of breach of contract
			(12 weeks’ notice pay on a net weekly wage of £602.00); and

		(c)	a sum of £327.09 in respect of unpaid holiday pay.

5.	This is a relevant decision for the purposes of the Industrial Tribunals (Interest) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990.

Employment Judge

Date and place of hearing:	31 October 2014, Belfast

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: