The employee had been selected for redundancy. In order for him to qualify for the employer’s supplementary redundancy scheme an arrangement was made whereby he was given short notice. As a result he received an additional pounds 5,000. He now applied for payment of the full notice period.
Held: He had to give credit for the money received under the short notice in order to qualify for a supplementary redundancy payment. The pounds 5,000 was quite separate from the basic redundancy payments the statutory and contractual sums. Had the employer not given short notice, the plaintiff would have received the pounds 3,000 notice, but lost the pounds 5,000 received. Credit had to be given.
Judges:
Garland J
Citations:
Times 11-May-1994
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Wilson v National Coal Board HL 1981
A entire colliery closed down and all employees other than the pursuer were offered and accepted alternative employment, thus disqualifying them from receiving redundancy payments. The pursuer, who had been injured by the accident for which the . .
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Employment, Damages
Updated: 05 November 2022; Ref: scu.78103
