Employment law cases

Rowan v Machinery Installations (South Wales) Ltd [1981] IRLR 122 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

  • Rowan v Machinery Installations (South Wales) Ltd

    Date:
    1 March 1981

    In Rowan v Machinery Installations (South Wales) Ltd [1981] IRLR 122 EAT, the EAT held that the Industrial Tribunal had erred in finding that the appellant's period of continuous employment had been broken when his contract of employment had been terminated by the respondents and he was paid an amount calculated in accordance with the statutory redundancy payment provisions, in circumstances in which there was no liability on the respondents to make a redundancy payment.