Mr R D Hewton v Riviera Multimedia Limited Blank Media Services Limited — 2023

The respondents did not attend the hearing and had not served an ET3 or any further correspondence, so the tribunal heard the case in their absence under Rule 47. The tribunal found that the claimant was not employed by Blank Media Services Limited, and all Employment Tribunal claims against that respondent were dismissed. The judgment also noted that this did not prevent the claimant pursuing any civil court action against Blank Media Services Limited in respect of outstanding dividend payments.

The claimant's claims for unauthorised deductions from wages relating to salary and holiday pay, together with his claims for unpaid expenses and unpaid notice pay, were held to be out of time. The tribunal found it was reasonably practicable for those claims to have been presented in time, declined to exercise discretion to consider them, and dismissed them as not well-founded.

The claimant's claim for a statutory redundancy payment succeeded against Riviera Multimedia Limited. The tribunal ordered Riviera Multimedia Limited to pay £2,853.63 gross, and recorded that the claimant would be responsible for any income tax or national insurance contributions due on that sum.