Mrs J Johnson v I Build Property Management Ltd — 2020

The judge substituted I Build Property Management Ltd as respondent and entered judgment under Rule 21. The tribunal was satisfied that the proceedings had been served at the company's registered office and had come to its attention. On that basis, the claimant's complaints were determined on the papers.

The tribunal found the claimant's complaints of unfair dismissal, breach of contract in relation to notice pay, unauthorised deduction from wages, and redundancy payment to be well founded. It awarded £2,561.52 for failure to give 12 weeks' notice, a basic award of £3,095.17 for unfair dismissal, a compensatory award of £1,317.56 for unfair dismissal, and £853.48 for four weeks' unpaid wages in September 2019. The redundancy payment was recorded as nil because it duplicated the basic award.

The tribunal also found that, when the proceedings began, the respondent was in breach of its duty to give the claimant written particulars of employment. It considered section 38 of the Employment Act 2002 and, finding no exceptional circumstances that would justify a higher amount, made the minimum award of two weeks' pay, namely £426.92. The claimant was made responsible for any tax and National Insurance. The total monetary award was £8,254.65.