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Fuel driver appeal lost
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• The Court of Appeal has ruled that a fuel tanker driver, who had been employed for 15 years on a seasonal basis by Charrington Fuels, did not have the required amount of continous service to justify a claim for unfair dismissal or redundancy payment.
Alexander Sillars had appealed against an employment tribunal decision upholding an industrial tribunal finding that he did not have the necessary period of continuous service to make a claim.
Sillars had driven fuel delivery tankers between October and May from 1971 to 1986. The industrial tribunal had concluded that in the last two years Sillars had only worked for 271/2 weeks, so the period out of work could not be regarded as a temporary cessation of work which, by law, would not break continuity of employment.