Mr R Gamble v Instant Business Communications Limited — 2024

Employment Judge S Jenkins, sitting at Cardiff on 23 July 2024, heard the claim brought by Mr R Gamble against Instant Business Communications Limited. The Claimant was represented by Mr N Toms of Counsel; the Respondent did not appear and was not represented. The Tribunal found that the Claimant had been constructively unfairly dismissed and ordered a basic award of £1,929.00 together with a compensatory award of £13,364.45.

The Tribunal further found that the Claimant had been dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice and awarded damages of £25,000.00 gross. It also found that the Respondent had made unauthorised deductions from the Claimant's wages, and ordered payment of such gross sum as would leave the Claimant with a net £9,242.14, and that the Respondent had failed to pay the Claimant's holiday entitlement, awarding the gross sum of £3,461.49.

The Tribunal additionally found that the Respondent had failed to provide itemised pay statements, ordering payment of £8,031.14 in respect of unnotified deductions. The total bottom-line figure recorded by the judgment is £61,028.22, to be increased by the grossing up required in respect of the unauthorised deductions component. Reasons were given orally at the hearing; written reasons will not be provided unless requested within 14 days.