Cranswick Convenience Foods Ltd

Case Summary

The claimant, an Engineering Administrator, was dismissed on grounds of redundancy in July 2024 after 7 years of employment. The tribunal found the unfair dismissal claim not well founded, but upheld her equal pay claim against her male comparator Tony Burke, finding she was employed on like work and the respondent failed to establish a material factor defence. The claimant was awarded £21,638.27 in arrears of pay with interest.

The unfair dismissal claim failed because the employer established a genuine redundancy situation (diminished need for the employee's type of work) and followed fair redundancy procedures including consultation and consideration of alternatives. The equal pay claim succeeded because the claimant performed like work to her male comparator Tony Burke and the respondent could not justify the pay difference through a material factor defence unrelated to sex.

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• •Whether dismissal was by reason of redundancy and if so, whether fair
• •Whether the claimant was employed on like work with Tony Burke
• •Whether the difference in pay was attributable to material factors other than sex

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