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Jan 2024
32 ex-Farmison staff in Ripon win compensation claim
A group of 32 former Farmison staff have won a compensation claim relating to when the Ripon firm went into administration last year.
Farmison entered administration with the loss of about 75 jobs in April last year. A consortium led by former Asda chief executive Andy Clarke and Chilli Marketing founder Gareth Whittle acquired the online butcher from the administrators for an undisclosed sum later that month.
A recently published employment tribunal document reveals 32 employees of the former company filed a claim for a protective award.
Protective awards are issued as compensation when an employer did not consult with staff before making redundancies. They are paid by the government's Insolvency Service.
The document said all the claimants were employed at Farmison's headquarters at Bondgate Green in Ripon and were dismissed on April 6 last year. It added "there was no recognised trade union and that there was no election of representatives".
The case was heard in Leeds on November 7. The document added the administrator did not attend but gave permission for the protective award claims to proceed.
In his judgement, employment judge Phil Lancaster said:
A spokesperson for the new Farmison owners said:
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