(Antigua and Barbuda) The company appealed against an award of severance pay to several employees.
Held: The appeal failed. A collective agreement was in place with the unions, but a method of calculating severance pay on redundancy had not been agreed, so the company settled on paying four weeks’ pay for each year of service and other benefits. The company had failed to include any element reflecting a graduation of the awards accoring to the length of service. The Board’s award had been taken as an exercise of its discretion,and none of the criticisms made showed that any part of the decision was in error or in excess.
Judges:
Lord Phillips, Lord Walker, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Collins
Citations:
[2010] UKPC 25
Links:
Commonwealth, Employment
Updated: 24 August 2022; Ref: scu.424723