Thomas Wragg & Sons Ltd v Wood

Thomas Wragg & Sons Ltd v Wood
Court	Employment Appeal Tribunal
Citation(s)	[1976] ICR 313
Keywords
Redundancy

Thomas Wragg & Sons Ltd v Wood [1976] ICR 313 is a UK labour law case, concerning redundancy.

Facts

Mr Wood got six weeks' notice before redundancy. The day before termination was due he got another job offer. He refused it. He did not dispute that it was suitable and made within the statutory time limit. But he argued that he did not decline it unreasonably.

The Tribunal held that Mr Wood was not unreasonable, and therefore entitled to redundancy.

Judgment

Lord McDonald in the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the Tribunal was right. Mr Wood's reasons were that he had committed himself to another job, that he was wary about future layoffs if he stayed with this employer, and that the offer of alternative employment was late in the day. All these, but especially the third reason, were important, relevant and material, even though the employers were within the statutory time limit for making the offer. The argument that the statute would have said something if this was intended was rejected.

Notes

Redundancy cases

ERA 1996 ss 98 and 135-181 and TULRCA 1992 s 195

Lesney Products & Co v Nolan [1976] EWCA Civ 8

North Riding Garages v Butterwick [1967] 2 QB 56

Murphy v Epsom College [1984] EWCA Civ 12

Safeway Stores plc v Burrell [1997] ICR 523

Murray v Foyle Meats Ltd [1999] UKHL 30

High Table Ltd v Horst [1997] EWCA Civ 2000

Hollister v National Farmers’ Union [1979] ICR 542

Richmond Precision Engineering Ltd v Pearce [1985] IRLR 179

Catamaran Cruisers Ltd v Williams [1994] IRLR 384

Williams v Compair Maxam Ltd [1982] ICR 156 (EAT)

British Aerospace plc v Green [1995] EWCA Civ 26

Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 387

ERA 1996 s 141

Thomas Wragg & Sons Ltd v Wood [1976] ICR 313

Thomas & Betts Manufacturing Ltd v Harding [1980] IRLR 255

Optical Express Ltd v Williams [2007] IRLR 936 (EAT)

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