Mrs T Knowles v Hallam24 Healthcare Limited — 2023

The case was heard by Employment Judge Brain at Sheffield by CVP on 19 April 2023. The respondent did not attend or take part. The tribunal therefore determined the claimant's wage, holiday pay, and contractual holiday entitlement claims on the material before it.

The tribunal held that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from wages by failing to pay remuneration for one week worked in hand. It ordered the respondent to pay £311.45, described as one week's gross average wages and the amount of the unauthorised deduction.

The tribunal also found that sums were due in respect of holiday accrued but untaken. It recorded that the claimant had accrued 15 days' holiday entitlement as at 18 October 2022, described as the date of termination of the contract, and assessed compensation at an average gross daily rate of £62.29, producing £934.35.

In addition, the parties agreed that the claimant could carry forward two days of accrued untaken holiday from the holiday year ended 31 March 2021. The tribunal held that this amount remained unpaid on termination and awarded £124.58 by way of compensation for breach of contract. The total sum payable was £1,370.38 gross, payable on or before 5 May 2023.