Volunteer wal not so willing
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A CONCRETE mixer driver who applied for voluntary redundancy changed his mind — applied for compensation for unfair dismissal. The driver, M. Genus, was "volunteered" b3 union for redundacy when Douglas Concrete and Aggregates Ltd decided to close down its P Bar, Birmingham, depot.
The Birmingham Industrial Tribunal was told that the driver was claiming unfair dis missal because the company had deliberately created redundancies at its depot be 'cause of an industrial dis about the duty of driver clean the yard.
The company mainta that the dispute had ni been properly settled, though the union had p€ aded it to withdraw rec dancy notices issued tc drivers the previ November.
But the Tribunal was s fled that there was a I "redundancy situation" at Perry Bar depot, which come to the end of sev long-term contracts, licensed five vehicles and now operating at a loss.
It did not accept that Genus had been unfa selected for redundancy accepted the compar evidence that he had voli eered. The company had a( fairly and reasonably, it s and warned the union in vance that redundancies v imminent.
The Tribunal rejected Genus's claim for unfair missal and refused his appl tion for costs on the grou that his application had b frivolous.