| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2005] All ER (D) 153 (Jul) |
| Court: | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
| Judge: | Rimer J, Mr B Beynon and Mrs D Palmer |
| Representation | Declan O'Dempsey (instructed by Rowley Ashworth) for the appellants. |
| Simon Cheves (instructed by Machins, Luton) for the respondents. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 13 July 2005 |
Catchwords
Redundancy - Employer's duty to consult appropriate trade union - Failure to consult union - Protective award against employer - Period of award - Whether employment tribunal erring in fixing protected period of 30 days - (Consolidation) Act 1992, s 189. .
The Case
of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 gave an employment tribunal a wide discretion to do what was just and equitable in all the circumstances in determining the length of the protected period. In the instant case the tribunal had not misdirected themselves in fixing a protected period of 30 days.
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