A SCAFFOLDER has been awarded £11,000 after losing his job when a construction company closed earlier this year – but warned he may not be paid the amount in question.
Chayanne Sanguy claimed constructive unfair dismissal, redundancy, notice pay, holiday pay, unpaid wages and parental leave from Nicholson Builders when being made redundant without notice in February this year.
Nicholsons announced its closure on 21 February, citing both financial difficulties and the sudden death of long-standing director Gary Nicholson.
The Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal ruled that while some elements of the claim were out of time, Mr Sanguy was entitled to five weeks’ pay in lieu of notice, the same amount in redundancy to reflect his five years’ service and to be paid for his final week of employment.
However the tribunal’s judgement concluded that: “The respondent [Nicholsons] says that the company has not been placed into a formal insolvency process – this means that the Mr Sanguy may be unable to claim Insolvency Benefit and will be left with no way to enforce this award.”
Several businesses in the construction sector have close during the past two years: 2025 has also seen the fall of K-Land and Style Group, while Kalmac, MAC Energy, and Eden Interiors closed in 2024, following the demise of Camerons and JP Mauger the previous year.
