Andreea Calcea v Ginseng Ltd — 2022

This was a claim by Andreea Calcea against Ginseng Ltd for unauthorised deduction of wages. The case was listed for hearing on 7 January 2022 at London Central by remote CVP hearing. The claimant did not attend and was not represented; the respondent was represented by its director, Li Hua Li.

The tribunal recorded that staff telephoned the claimant several times on the day of the hearing, left a message, and emailed her with a reminder and the joining instructions. It also noted that there had been no contact from the claimant since the ET1 was issued on 31 August 2021. The tribunal referred to the original notice of hearing, an amended notice sent on 5 January 2022, and the instructions emailed on 6 January 2022. In the absence of any explanation for non-attendance, the tribunal considered it just to dismiss the claim pursuant to rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013.

The claimant later emailed the tribunal at 13:39 saying she was unable to attend, but by then the hearing had already concluded. No liability findings on the wage deduction issue and no monetary remedy were made.