Employment law cases

Amicus v GBS Tooling Ltd (in administration) [2005] IRLR 683 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Redundancy: Protective award reduced to reflect information given

    Date:
    30 September 2005

    In Amicus v GBS Tooling Ltd (in administration), the EAT holds that, under s.189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, to make a protective award against an employer in respect of breaches of s.188, an employment tribunal is entitled and obliged to assess the seriousness of the breach, taking into account its nature and any mitigating circumstances.