A THIRD woman has won a payout at an employment tribunal from a salon in Llandudno which closed last year.

Ellen Chaloner, 52, of Conwy, is to be paid £2,835 by Clinton James Ltd after a tribunal on August 12 found that she was entitled to such an amount as a statutory redundancy payment.

Clinton James, which shut in June 2023 after nearly 30 years of business, was ordered to pay two other ex-employees more than £11,500 between them at tribunals earlier this year.

Fay Blundell-Cureton and Sophie McIntosh were awarded sums of £8,958.84 and £2,766.50 respectively.

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Ms Chaloner, who worked at the salon on Vaughan Street for six years as a manager, said she and her colleagues were given two weeks’ notice of its closure.

A further claim she made, of breach of contract, was dismissed at the tribunal, which was held before Employment Judge Leith in Cardiff.

She said after the tribunal that she had had a “very close” working relationship with salon owner Clinton Parker, having worked with him previously, but that her treatment left her “fuming” and feeling “trapped”.

“It was awful for us,” Ms Chaloner said.

“We just want what we’re owed, what we’re entitled to. I feel sorry for anyone who has to go through this sort of thing. It’s frustrating.

“We all feel like we had a door shut in our faces. It’s just wrong.”

Ms Chaloner has since found a new job at Jeniosa, a salon in Rhos-on-Sea, where Mrs Blundell-Cureton and Ms McIntosh also now work.

Last year, Mr Parker said in a statement that he had made the decision to close the salon “with a heavy heart”.

He added last year: “The reasons being are just that we just no longer have enough stylist staff to fill such a big place and meet the commitment of what it is for the outgoings we have.

“It’s not come lightly. We’ve been open for close on 30 years, and we never felt this was going to come to this end.

“My dream was that we would pass this on to somebody else, but that has just not happened for whatever reason.”

Notice was given to have the company struck off in January, but this was then suspended a month later after an objection to this was made.

Mr Parker was approached for further comment.