Miss J Miller v A Marketing Vocation Limited AT A HEARING — 2023

At a hearing in Leeds on 18 April 2023 before Employment Judge Lancaster, with the Claimant appearing in person and the Respondent not attending, the tribunal found that A Marketing Vocation Limited had made unauthorised deductions from Miss J Miller's wages. The deductions related to monthly bonuses for November and December 2022. The tribunal accepted that the Claimant had met the criteria in place at the material times and that the bonus was payable in arrears later in the same month as wage payments were due.

The tribunal ordered the Respondent to pay £898 gross in respect of those unlawful deductions. It also found that the Respondent had failed to give the Claimant a written statement of particulars of employment that met the requirements of Part 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. For that failure, the tribunal made an additional award under section 38 of the Employment Act 2002, calculated as the equivalent of two weeks' pay and stated as £410.76.

The total award recorded in the judgment was £1,308.76. The judgment notes that reasons were given orally at the hearing and that written reasons would not be provided unless requested within 14 days.