Mr G Clark Second Claimant: Mr M Clark Third Claimant: Mr G Harrison Fourth Claimant: Mr R McCarthy v Mr Peter Watkins and 2 others — 2025

The Tribunal held that the Respondents made unauthorised deductions from the Claimants' wages in November and December 2023. The wages complaints were well-founded and the Respondents were ordered to pay gross sums of £4,336 to Mr G Clark, £4,156 to Mr M Clark, £3,986 to Mr G Harrison, and £3,958 to Mr R McCarthy, with the Claimants responsible for any tax or National Insurance.

The breach of contract complaints in relation to notice pay were well-founded. The Tribunal awarded 12 weeks' notice pay to the first three Claimants and 8 weeks' notice pay to the fourth Claimant, calculated using gross pay to reflect the likelihood that the sums would be taxed as post-employment notice pay. The awards were £7,776, £7,128, £7,176, and £4,752 respectively.

Under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996, the Tribunal determined that each Claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment. The statutory redundancy awards were £19,290 to Mr G Clark, £9,801 to Mr M Clark, £19,290 to Mr G Harrison, and £7,128 to Mr R McCarthy.

The unfair dismissal complaints were well-founded, but the Tribunal found there was a 100% chance that the Claimants would have been fairly dismissed in any event. The basic award was £0 because the Claimants had already been awarded statutory redundancy entitlements, and the compensatory award was limited to one week's pay for failure to consult: £648, £594, £598, and £594 respectively. The Tribunal also found that, when proceedings began, the Respondents were in breach of their duty to provide written statements of employment particulars and awarded two weeks' gross pay under section 38 Employment Act 2002, with no four-week award.