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Stourbridge News published an article on Tuesday 11 June 2013 “Village church music director can pursue an unfair dismissal compensation claim tribunal rules”.
The article goes on to say that “A director of music for churches in the Belbroughton and Fairfield areas who donated back half his payments complaint he was unfairly sacked following an alleged ‘power struggle’. Mark Checkley who was also an organist and choir master lost his appointment with the Parochial Church Council of Belbroughton and the nearby village of Fairfield.”
It further explains that “He sought approval at a Birmingham Employment Tribunal preliminary hearing to go ahead with compensation claims for unfair dismissal and for the unauthorised deduction of wages against the Church Council”.
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The above-mentioned article also adds “The respondents opposed the cases going ahead after Mark Williams representing the Church Council had worked in an honorary capacity and had not been an employee – preventing him from seeking compensation for unfair dismissal”.
It reports that “Tribunal judge Vera Jones decided Mr Checkley had been an employee and that he could go ahead with his compensation claims for unfair dismissal and for the unauthorised deduction of wages at a full tribunal hearing at a later date”. It adds that she said: “I am satisfied that there was a contract of employment.”
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