Skip man walked out
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SKIP DRIVER J. W. Wigley, employed by Advanced Demoli tions Ltd, had left his employ ment of his own accord and was not entitled to claim for com pensation for unfair dismissal, ruled a Birmingham Industrial Tribunal.
The company's usual practice had been to wait for orders to
deliver or remove skips on a casual basis, but at the beginning of 1980 it obtained a contract with builders Bryants for the vehicle to be located at a particular site to deal with all the skips on the site.
Later, the possibility arose that they could obtain a second contract of a similar nature from Bryants upon which Mr Wigley would be employed.
He was unhappy about it and he had become dissatisfied with
his low rate of pay and made ii clear that he did not want to be permanently involved on a contract with Bryants.
In a heated exchange with Advanced Demolitions main direc tor, a Mr Heath, Mr Wigley claimed he was told there wac no work and no money and if he stayed with the company it would go bankrupt.
However Mr Heath claimec that he said business was not ar old pals act but a matter of survival. He said that Mr Wigley informed him of his intention tc get another job.
Mr Wigley had also told corn• pany secretary Mrs lnskip thai he was going to sign on the dole