In person For the v Mr N Jones, Solicitor — 2023

The claimant, Mr Dean Manfield, worked for B R Rail Limited as a Project Manager from 6 December 2021 to 18 November 2022 on a salary of £45,000 per annum plus overtime. The tribunal recorded that the unfair dismissal claim had already been struck out for lack of continuity of service, so this judgment dealt only with the monetary claims for unlawful deduction from wages. The tribunal applied section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Three claimed items were dismissed. The tribunal rejected a claim for five hours of overtime in May 2022 because there was no written evidence that the extra hours had been authorised. It also dismissed the May 2022 phone-bill item because that expense had already been covered by the separate payment made for seven months of phone expenses. A further claim for underpaid hourly rate for August to September 2022 was dismissed because the tribunal was not satisfied that the higher rate had been worked or authorised.

Four items succeeded. The tribunal awarded £75.00 for September 2022 expenses, £175.55 for July 2022 expenses after crediting amounts already paid, £66.18 for January 2022 phone expenses, and £81.07 for December 2021 phone expenses. The total awarded was £397.80, and the tribunal ordered the respondent to pay that sum to the claimant.