Beamish Museum bosses have agreed a settlement of £6,000 with a former member of its catering department, who was made redundant in April last year.
Andrew North, secretary to Beamish's joint governing committee, believed the museum could not be successful defending its case in an unfair dismissal claim at an industrial tribunal and, therefore, the settlement was agreed with representatives of the ex-employee, referred to only as "Mrs H".
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