Mr P Hughes and others v Ideal World Ltd (in Administration) and The Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Case Numbers: 3312746/2023 to 3312944/2023

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimants: Mr P Hughes and others Respondents: (1) Ideal World Limited in administration (2) The Secretary of State for Business & Trade Upon the administrators of the first respondent consenting to these claims proceeding, and upon reading the claim forms, the second respondent’s response and having given the parties an opportunity to make written representations.

JUDGMENT (1) The first respondent has failed to comply with a requirement of section 188 of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The claim for a protective award succeeds. (2) The Tribunal makes a protective award in respect of the claimants who worked at the first respondent’s establishment at Ideal Home House, Newark Road, Peterborough PE1 5WG and who were dismissed as...

REASONS

1. The claimants presented their claims for a protective award within the statutory time limit (as extended by the early conciliation provisions).