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Taggart v Coleraine Joinery Ltd (In Liquidation) (Holiday Pay) [2002] NIIT 3918_01 (2 September 2002)

THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

CASE REF: 3918/01

APPLICANT: Melvin Taggart

RESPONDENT: Coleraine Joinery Ltd (In Liquidation)

DECISION

The applicant's claim for holiday pay is dismissed.

Appearances:

The applicant was not present nor was he represented.

The respondent was not present nor was it represented.

1. These reasons are given in summary form.
2. The applicant claimed for holiday pay that he was due when he left and that the holiday pay was connected to the payment of stamps by the respondent.

The respondent did not enter a Notice of Appearance.

3. The Tribunal was satisfied that both parties had been notified of the instant hearing.

In the absence of the parties, without explanation, the Tribunal decided to hear the matter.

4. The Tribunal made the following findings:-

(a) The applicant was employed as a joiner from 20 March 1999 to 28 September 2001. His weekly earnings were £243 gross £197.42 net.

(b) The applicant's Originating Application did not contain sufficient information to enable the Tribunal to quantify the applicant's claim for holiday pay.

(c) The Office of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal received a letter from the Department of Employment & Learning dated 30 May 2002 in which it stated that the applicant's claim for an insolvency payment had been accepted and processed and he had been paid £592.14. It further stated that all claims made by the applicant had been processed for payment and that the Department had fulfilled its statutory obligations in respect of his claim for payment out of the National Insurance Fund.

A copy of the letter was sent to the applicant on 6 June 2002 for his immediate comments. To date no response has been received from the applicant.

(d) For the reasons stated above the applicant's claim is dismissed.

Chairman:

Date and place of hearing: 2 September 2002, Londonderry

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: