18 Jul 2026
Claimant won
Breach of Contract
Heard at Cambridge
The tribunal found that the ESA was expressly incorporated into the claimants' contracts through the reference to the RPA in their appointment letters, and that the ESA's enhanced redundancy pay clause (4 weeks per year of service) was a contractual entitlement.
Legal Issues (5)
- Incorporation of collective agreements into individual contracts of employment
- express incorporation via reference in appointment letters and personnel policies
- implied incorporation by custom and practice
- interpretation of the RPA and ESA
- whether the ESA's enhanced redundancy pay clause was 'apt' for incorporation
Reference: 3306622/2024