Mrs J Goodchild & Mrs J Lowcock v Ceased Trading 05673115 Ltd — 2025

At Birmingham on 28 and 29 July 2025, before Employment Judge Walker, the tribunal held that both claimants, Mrs J Goodchild and Mrs J Lowcock, were unfairly dismissed. It awarded Mrs Goodchild a compensatory award of £7,610.46 and Mrs Lowcock a compensatory award of £9,455.30. The tribunal also recorded that the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996 did not apply because neither claimant claimed state benefits after dismissal.

The tribunal found that each claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996: £1,415.25 for Mrs Goodchild and £945.00 for Mrs Lowcock. It also upheld their holiday pay complaints, finding that the respondent had failed to pay for holidays accrued but not taken when their employment ended, and awarded £939.80 to Mrs Goodchild and £985.50 to Mrs Lowcock.

The tribunal further found that the respondent had made unauthorised deductions from wages during the period 1 March 2024 to 12 April 2024. It awarded the gross sums deducted, being £1,698.30 to Mrs Goodchild and £1,701.00 to Mrs Lowcock. In addition, it found that when proceedings began the respondent was in breach of its duty to provide written statements of employment particulars, and under section 38 Employment Act 2002 awarded £629.00 to Mrs Goodchild and £630.00 to Mrs Lowcock, finding no exceptional circumstances that would make a two-week award unjust or inequitable.

The tribunal reduced each gross award by £500.00 to reflect sums paid by the respondent after dismissal. It therefore ordered the respondent to pay Mrs Goodchild £11,792.81 and Mrs Lowcock £13,216.80 in total.