National welfare-to-work charity Shaw Trust has been ordered to pay a former employee £1,500 after dismissing them without giving a month’s notice.
An employment tribunal – heard at Croydon, south London – ordered the charity to compensate the worker for a breach of contract and unlawful deduction from wages related to the lack of notice.
The judgment, made at the end of March, also stated that the claimant’s complaint of the charity’s failure to make a reasonable adjustment would have succeeded had it been presented in time.
This was related to the charity’s failure to allow the claimant additional time for appointments with customers.
However, the tribunal dismissed several other claims, including harassment on grounds of disability, race or religion and discrimination arising from disability.
‘Administrative error’
A Shaw Trust spokesperson told Civil Society: “We welcome the judgment of the tribunal which dismissed almost all claims made.
“The one claim upheld was not contested and relates to an administrative error, which the award made will resolve.”
The Shaw Trust – which helps people who are disabled to find employment – recorded a total income of £302m for the financial year ending August 2023, £182m of which came from government contracts.
It had 5,268 employees and more than 400 volunteers in 2022-23, according to the Charity Commission’s register.
The Shaw Trust recently took over all of food bank charity Trussell’s charity shops.
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