Driver wins redundancy claim
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AN INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL in Carlisle last week awarded £154 13s redundancy pay to a West Cumberland lorry driver against Seymour Brothers (Stanley Ltd.). of Nelson Street, Carlisle.
The award was made to Mr. J. G. Hetherington, 50, of Seven Acres, Parton, Whitehaven, who, said Mr. I. G. Stewart, representing the firm, began work with Border Plant Hire Ltd. in 1959. That firm was bought over by Seymour in 1964.
"It was uneconomic to run a small pool of drivers for plant hire with the haulage business also running," explained Mr. Stewart.
"Eight months after the takeover, we dismissed all lorry drivers in plant hire and offered them jobs with the haulage company."
Mr. Hetherington said he refused the new job, which meant transferring to Carlisle, and he was dismissed. He was given a written notice but the foreman threw it out and he continued to work.
Mr. Stewart submitted that the takeover had affected the situation in such a way that redundancy payments were not necessary but the Tribunal chairman, Mr. H. M. Winsor Aubrey, ruled that Mr. Hetherington was entitled to such a payment.