Own-account hauliel in repayment case
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AN OWN-ACCOUNT haulier in the Highlands, who sold out his fruit merchant's business last October, is fighting the Department of Employment for repayment of redundancy.
He had employed two drivers for 16 years, having agreed from the first that they would work a 70-hour week, although there was no written contract of employment. When he decided to sell, he asked his wages clerk to check with the Department on the redundancy payment procedure.
Miss Edna MacAngus said she phoned the Depart
ment's offices at gordon and Inverness times but was unable I tact the correct persoi then checked the officii let, worked on a basis c hour week and pai drivers £1,402.50 eacl
The Department to tribunal that Mr Ross h given the required 1( notice that he was selli business; had not re authority to pay redundancy — and th, ments should have bet culated on a 40-hour v
The tribunal is to g decision in writing as si possible,
By using a safety cage at Dunlop's Nottingham tyre service depot, trainee fitter Tony Heathcote saved himself from certain injury, possibly fatal, while inflating an 11.00 x 20 truck tyre.
After assembling a tyre, tube and three-piece wheel he inflated the unit to 10psi to check if the wheel and its locking flanges were seated correctly. He then rolled the tyre into the safety cage and started to inflate the tyre to the required 100psi. When the pressure had reached 98psi the locking flange gave way and the tyre and wheel blew apart causing severe damage to the cage. Mr Heathcote was saved from certain injury by the cage containing the force of the explosion.