Hearings
England & Wales
09 Nov 1979 [1980] ICR 88, EAT
Ryan v Shipboard Maintenance Ltd
Subject Matter
EMPLOYMENT — Redundancy — Continuous employment — Contracts for specific job for same employer over period of years — Unemployment benefit received between jobs — Employee claiming redundancy payment — Whether “continuously employed” — Whether each job governed by “fixed term” contract — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, ss 81 (1) (2), 83 (2) (b)
Appellate History
Wiltshire County Council v National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education [1978] ICR 968; 77 LGR 272, EAT
Decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal affirmed in part
Ryan v Shipboard Maintenance Ltd [1980] ICR 455, CA