Mr D Wootton v Bentley Fencing Limited — 2025

This was a remedy judgment following an earlier liability decision of 14 March 2025, in which the tribunal had upheld the claimant’s complaints under rule 22 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure. The remedy hearing took place at Sheffield by video on 4 April 2025 before Employment Judge Tegerdine; the claimant was represented by a lay representative and the respondent did not attend.

The tribunal ordered the respondent to pay the claimant £1,680 gross for unauthorised deduction from wages for the period 9–30 August 2024, £1,456 gross for 13 days’ accrued but untaken holiday (13 x £112) treated as an unauthorised deduction, £6,720 gross for 12 weeks’ statutory notice pay (at £560 per week), and a statutory redundancy payment of £16,800 (20 years x 1.5 x £560 per week).

The judge noted that the redundancy figure had initially been awarded at the £18,660 claimed by the claimant, but on checking after the hearing the judge identified that the claimant’s calculation was incorrect and corrected the figure to £16,800. The respondent was ordered to pay the sums due on or before 20 April 2025. Reasons were given orally; written reasons will only be issued on request within 14 days.