Redundancy win, after three years

Shipyard workers, made redundant when Cammell Laird (which took over its employer’s business, Tyne Dock Engineering, three years ago) closed the South Shields Yard in 1999, have won their claim for notice payment. 167 workers took their claim to the Newcastle employment tribunal, arguing that they had been entitled to 90 days’ notice under section 189 of the Trade and Labour Relations Act. The tribunal upheld their claim and has awarded them compensation totalling more that £800,000.