Mr R Hood v Solutions in Wood Limited — 2022

The tribunal, sitting alone before Employment Judge Leverton at Bristol remotely on 9 September 2022, amended the respondent's name to Solutions in Wood Limited. The claimant, Mr R Hood, succeeded on his claims for statutory redundancy pay, notice pay, holiday pay, and unpaid wages. The respondent did not appear or be represented. Reasons were given orally at the hearing, and the written record states that written reasons would not be provided unless requested.

The tribunal ordered payment of £5,984 as a statutory redundancy payment under section 135 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It also awarded £3,792 net as damages for breach of contract for failure to give eight weeks' statutory notice due under section 86 ERA 1996, calculated at a gross weekly rate of £594 and a net weekly rate of £474. The award therefore treated the notice claim as a contract damages claim within the tribunal's extended jurisdiction.

In addition, the tribunal awarded £711 net for 7.5 days of unused holiday outstanding on termination of employment under regulation 14 of the Working Time Regulations 1998, using a net daily rate of £94.80. It also awarded £6,636 net for 14 weeks of unpaid wages under Part II ERA 1996, calculated at a gross weekly rate of £594 and a net weekly rate of £474. The judgment records no further reasoning beyond these statutory bases and calculations.