The Verizon European Works Council applied to the EAT under regulations 21 and 21A of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (TICER) for the issue of penalty notices against Verizon’s central management for breaches of TICER and the agreement between the parties which were the subject of findings by the CAC.
On the first, relating to a failure to properly inform and consult with the EWC about a proposed reorganisation involved redundancies in eight European countries between 21 December 2018 and 24 January 2019, the EAT issued a penalty notice in the sum of pounds 35,000.
On the second, relating to a refusal to pay the expenses of the appointment of Mr Buckle as an expert to pursue the complaint to the CAC, the EAT found that there was no reasonable excuse shown for the initial refusal between 18 and 21 June 2019 and issued a penalty notice in the sum of pounds 5,00
Citations:
[2020] UKEAT 0053 – 20 – 0110
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment
Updated: 27 April 2022; Ref: scu.655542
