THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

CASE REF:	467/16

CLAIMANT:			Laura Magennis

RESPONDENTS:		1.	Girkin Limited
				2.	Boulevard Trading (Belfast) Ltd

DECISION 
The decision of the tribunal is set out at Paragraph 1. above.

Constitution of Tribunal:
Employment Judge (sitting alone):	Employment Judge D Buchanan
Appearances:
The claimant was represented by Ms Elena Ballesteros, of the Legal Support Project.
Neither respondent entered a response or was represented at the hearing.

1(a)	For reasons given at the hearing the tribunal finds that the claimant was automatically unfairly dismissed.

 (b)	It makes an award of compensation in her favour of £3,706.00.  

(This is made up of a basic award of £780.00 and a compensatory award of £2,926.00.)

2	The claimant did not receive any benefits to which the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, as amended, apply.

3	This is a relevant decision for the purposes of the Industrial Tribunals (Interest) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990.

Employment Judge

Date and place of hearing:	9 June 2016 at Belfast

Date decision recorded in register and issued to parties: