Employment Tribunal

Manchester Regional Office

Alexandra House

14-22 The Parsonage,

Manchester

Date Visited : Thursday 10th April at 10am

Nature of the Case: Unfair Dismissal (Civil)

Parties involved :

Members : Ms PE Lucarz

Tribunal Clerk : Miss F Lind

Chairman : Mrs D M Loss

Mr D Mansfield

Applicant : Mrs. Pauline Briggs

Respondent : Target Clean, North Manchester, Bury

Summary of observations

Mrs. Briggs had made an allegation that she was constructively dismissed as a breach of contract which led to her resignation. The burden of proof was on the defendant to prove that there was a breach of contract, which led to an unfair dismissal.

Mrs. Briggs had been working as a cleaner in a sixth form college in Manchester since 1976. In 1994 she was promoted as a supervisor at Hyde campus and in July 2001, the company in which she had worked for changed to Target Clean Ltd. So therefore...