Former Amtrak manager loses dismissal claim
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A FORMER AMTRAK line manager has accused the parcels firm of making his family homeless by unfairly dismissing him after he used the company's equipment to raise money for Children In Need.
Michael Holding, of Bumtwood, Staffs, had his house repossessed because he could no longer afford the mortgage payments following the loss of his job.
Holding had worked forAmtrak Express Parcels at Aldridge, near Walsall, for nine years. He appeared before a Birmingham Employment Tribunal to claim compensation for unfair dismissal against Netfold, which had taken over the Aldridge site.
"I believe I was unfairlydismissed after using the firm's parcel cage to carry out a fundraising stunt with a colleague," he said."! was later sacked for misconduct."
Holding claimed Netfold took over the site the day before Amtrak went into administration,but that it later reopened with new management under the Amtrak name.
Holding believed Netfold was responsible for his dismissal, but the Tribunal decided it was not. Netfold had opposed the claim after denying it had sacked Holding. Holding is now taking Amtrak to the Tribunal.