Trudi McBurney v Positive Futures (CASE REF: 2672/14)
Decision Number: Legal Body: Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal
Published on: 14/08/2015
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Background

The claimant was employed as a Support Worker. She resigned and claimed constructive dismissal, arguing that her hours had not been properly reduced. There had been an agreement, at the request of the claimant, that she would not work in excess of 37.5 hours per week. There was a factual disagreement between both sides in relation to the specifics of the work pattern but the claimant claimed, inter alia, a breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence pursuant to the alleged breach of the agreement as to hours. The tribunal held that there was no fundamental breach of contract and cited the fact that the claimant did not actually raise many grievances to management until a

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 14/08/2015