Mr D Campling v Natalie Land and 1 other — 2022

This was a Rule 21 judgment after the respondents failed to enter a response and did not attend. Employment Judge Knowles found that Mr D Campling had been employed by Shaw Home Decor Limited and that his employment ended by reason of redundancy on 28 April 2022.

The tribunal accepted that the claimant had 5 complete years of service at the date of termination because his earlier service with Shaw Blinds Fairburn Limited counted as continuous service under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 and s.218(2) Employment Rights Act 1996. On that basis, it found that he was entitled to a redundancy payment of £2,592, which the second respondent was ordered to pay.

The tribunal also found that the claim for unauthorised deductions from wages under s.23 Employment Rights Act 1996 was well founded and ordered the second respondent to pay £2,869.94. It further found that the claim for holiday pay under regulation 30 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 succeeded, and ordered payment of £1,292 gross for holiday pay that had accrued but remained untaken at the end of employment.

The tribunal made no findings on pensions, tax or national insurance contributions because those matters were outside its jurisdiction. The judgment records no award against the first respondent and no separate remedy split beyond the three sums ordered against the second respondent.