Pay-out for parking error • An industrial tribunal has awarded
8th May 1997, Page 10
8th May 1997
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Page 10, 8th May 1997
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a haulage yard foreman 25,486 compensation after he claimed unfair dismissal. Dave Saxon said JF Haulage of Altrincham, Manchester dismissed him for gross misconduct in January because he parked a trailer in the wrong place. The vehicle was subsequently broken into.
The general haulier's assets were acquired by Cinchon Group last year. After the hearing, Nicholas Dooner, Cinchon's commercial director, described the award as outrageous and said there would be an appeal: "We asked for a postponement because the director concerned was not available and subsequently found it had gone ahead."
He claimed that Saxon had ignored an instruction to park the vehicle in an area which was covered by video surveillance,