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A SCOTTISH industrial tribui has rejected a claim for unf dismissal by a driver for an vine haulage company whi faced compulsory purchase its premises.
H. and D. Gillespie Ltd wc repeatedly given new deadlin by the local development cc poration and were thus unat to plan ahead, it was claimed.
On one occasion it was giver "final" purchase date dismissed both drivers, payir redundancy money. But on again the Development Cc poration extended the closir date and Gillespie employed or driver who lived nearer but wt had less service than Robc Temple of Stevenston, wlclaimed unfair dismissal. He been with them from 1972 ar claimed seniority.
Gillespie had provided tran port from Mr Temple's home i Irvine and selected the othi driver to reduce that cost.
The tribunal agreed that if basic reason for dismissal WE
redundancy and that the drivr who stayed on lived closer to th premises.
It held the decision wa reasonable and it rejected th claim for unfair dismissal.
THE GOVERNMENT has adde 121 potentially dangerous ir dustrial chemicals to th schedule of substances withi the scope of the Packaging an Labelling of Dangerous Subs tances Regulations of 1978.
These changes, along with revision to the labelling of 2. substances already listed in thi schedules, brings to over 901 the number of chemicals in cluded in the regulations.