Oilfields Workers' Trade Union v Windsor Stores Ltd

• Jurisdiction: Trinidad & Tobago
• Judge: Ramchand, P.
• Judgment Date: 03 April 1991
• Court: Industrial Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Docket Number: 21 of 1989
• Date: 03 April 1991

Industrial Court

Ramchand, P.; Ashby, M.

21 of 1989

Oilfields Workers' Trade Union

and

Windsor Stores Ltd.

Appearances:

Mr. P. Eugene, Labour Relations Officer for party no. 1.

Mr. N. Mohammed, attorney-at-law for party no. 2.

Industrial law - Termination of employment — Retrenchment — Company looted and burnt — Worker having over thirteen years service — Assessment of severance benefit — Company without assets — Liberty to apply for specific date for payment.

Ramchand, P.

1 In the circumstances of this case and having regard to what I said before, we find that the Company, Windsor Stores Ltd. is indebted to the worker concerned, Mrs. Margaret Baptiste, for severance benefit in respect of her 13 years 7 ¹/₂ months service, in the sum of Nine...