Did not attend For the v M & G Olympic Products Ltd — 2022

The claim was determined under Rule 21 after the respondent failed to present a valid response on time, and Employment Judge Davies decided the case on 17 October 2022 without attendance from either party. The tribunal made a determination on the papers from the extracted judgment and recorded its decision in a short Rule 21 judgment dated 7 November 2022.

The tribunal upheld the complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages in relation to 1 week's holiday and ordered payment of £639.60 gross. It did not uphold the separate claim for unpaid wages for the period the claimant was laid off, because the respondent was found to be contractually entitled to lay the claimant off without wages.

The tribunal also held that the claimant was dismissed without notice in breach of contract and awarded damages in lieu of 7 weeks' notice of £4,473.00, calculated using the claimant's gross pay. It further found a breach of contract because pension contributions were deducted from wages but not paid into the claimant's pension, and awarded £1,200.00 for that breach.

On redundancy, the tribunal found that the claimant was dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a redundancy payment of £5,995.50. It also upheld a claim for a guarantee payment in the sum of £150.00. The total monetary award recorded by the judgment is £12,458.10.