Mr C Porteous v Id Ssc Limited and 2 others — 2023

The claimant was employed by ID SSC Limited as a Trainee Multi-Sports coach from 5 October 2021 until 15 January 2022. The tribunal was satisfied that the claim documentation had been properly served on the first respondent, no responses had been received, and no respondent attended. It proceeded under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013. The complaints against the second and third respondents were dismissed on withdrawal after the claimant accepted that he had not been employed by them.

The tribunal accepted that Mr Donnelly emailed the claimant on 15 January 2022 saying the first respondent had financial difficulties and was ending employment with immediate effect. It found that the claimant remained owed sums for December 2021 wages, January 2022 wages, holiday pay and expenses. Those items were calculated at £1,589.93 in total, less £200 already received, and the tribunal ordered immediate payment of £1,389.93 from the first respondent. The judgment does not separately divide that final figure between the individual wage, holiday pay and expense components.