Mrs G Harrison v J Dakshana Limited Heard on 17 September 2021 (by remote video hearing – CVP) — 2021

Mrs G Harrison succeeded in her unfair dismissal claim against J Dakshana Limited. The tribunal recorded that she was employed by the respondent at the date of dismissal. The respondent and its representative did not attend the remote hearing, a telephone call was made to the representative at the start of the hearing, no adequate explanation for the absence was provided, and no postponement application was made, so the tribunal proceeded under rule 47.

The tribunal awarded £1,680 for unfair dismissal, made up of a basic award of £800 and a compensatory award of £880. The compensatory award included £800 for four weeks' loss of earnings and an uplift of £80, being 10%, because of the respondent's unreasonable failure to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance procedures. The tribunal did not award any sum for loss of statutory rights because the claimant's employment would have ended on her own notice within four weeks in any event.

The tribunal also ordered the respondent to pay £800 in respect of untaken leave at the termination of employment. On this extraction, that amount is recorded as an unlawful deduction from wages award. The total financial award recorded by the judgment was £2,480.