A DROITWICH warehouse employee has won a legal claim for unfair dismissal after alleging she was reluctantly pressed into signing a redundancy agreement by a firm facing a financial loss.

The allegation was made by Miss Kymille Mahony of Bays Meadow, Droitwich as she made legal claims for sex discrimination, unfair dismissal , arrears of wages and holiday pay against Agricultural and Industrial Parts Co.Ltd of Wassage Court, Hampton Lovett Industrial Estate, Droitwich, at Birmingham Employment Tribunal.

The tribunal was told that Miss Mahony joined the firm as an administration employee and was later moved to the firm’s warehouse as an operative.

Miss Mahony said in her statement to the tribunal that she was dismissed in December 2013 after being pressed, without due consultation, to sign a redundancy agreement resulting in the loss of her job.

“I wanted to keep my job and suffered anxiety and chest pains as a result,” said Miss Mahony.

The firm denied Miss Mahony’s allegations and opposed her legal claims.

Mr Barry Dent, warehouse manager, said in his tribunal statement that the firm had experienced cash flow problems in September 2013 which required cut backs to help keep the business afloat.

“Accounts for October, November and December 2013 showed losses of £23,637,” he said in his statement. “A profit of £237,375 for 2012 became a loss of £8,509 in 2013.”

The tribunal was told that Miss Mahony lost her job following a low “redundancy job score”.

Miss Mahony said she had not been aware of the firm’s financial situation and alleged a male employee had been recruited shortly before she left.

“There had been no genuine redundancy situation,” she alleged.

She also complained she had not been paid for overtime work and accused the firm of failing to carry out the proper dismissal procedure.

Mr Tufil Hussain, representing Miss Mahony, said she had been badly treated.

After a two day hearing the tribunal decided Miss Mahony had been unfairly dismissed and that both parties should come to an agreement over how much she should be paid.

Mr Hussain said: "The agreement is confidential and we therefore cannot disclose details.”