Miss Hong Zheng v Local First Community Interest Company — 2024

This was a Rule 21 judgment issued by Employment Judge Volkmer under the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013, made without a substantive hearing on the merits. The tribunal ordered the respondent, Local First Community Interest Company, to make payments to the claimant, Miss Hong Zheng, within 14 days of the judgment being sent to the parties.

In relation to unfair dismissal, the tribunal awarded a basic award of £5,124.84, calculated as 7 years' service multiplied by an age factor of 1.5 and a gross weekly pay of £488.08, together with a compensatory award of £21,688.88, calculated as 52 weeks of net weekly pay of £388.92 plus loss of pension contribution of £19.52 and loss of statutory rights of £450.00. The judgment records that, a basic award having been made, no redundancy payment is awarded, and that unfair dismissal losses are capped at 52 weeks' pay so no further losses are awarded.

The tribunal further found unlawful deduction from wages in the sum of £4,148.44 gross and awarded damages for wrongful dismissal in the sum of £3,416.56 gross. The claimant was made responsible for accounting for any tax payable on these sums.