Claimant v PGM Caravan Services Ltd — 2020

At the video hearing on 30 October 2020 before Employment Judge R S Drake, the tribunal dealt with a claim framed under section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 for unpaid wages and holiday pay. The respondent had not filed documents and did not provide sworn testimony from a company officer, so the tribunal relied mainly on the claimant's oral evidence and the limited evidence given by the respondent's HR manager.

The tribunal found that furlough had ended before the claimant returned to work on or about 20 June 2020, and that he then worked 69.5 hours between 20 and 26 June 2020 at a net rate of £9 per hour. It also accepted his evidence that he had accrued 13.7 days' holiday in 2020 at a net rate of £72 per day; the respondent's lower figure of 11.5 days was not supported by evidence.

The tribunal found that the claimant's gross entitlement for unpaid wages and holiday pay was £1,611.90. It required credit for £1,096.34 that the claimant accepted he had received on termination, leaving £515.56 due. Judgment was entered for that sum, to the extent of which the claim succeeded.