Bea Barbara Roman v Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd — 2022

The claimant brought a claim alleging unauthorised deductions from wages relating to amounts shown on payslips dated 1 August 2022, 1 September 2022, and 30 September 2022. She accepted at the hearing that sums recovered as overpayments were overpayments, but said the recovery had been done without adequate notification or explanation.

The tribunal found that the claimant had been overpaid while on maternity leave because of administrative errors after changes to her contract and payroll arrangements. It found that the £874.25 deduction in August 2022 and the £499 recovery in September 2022 were made for the purpose of reimbursing overpayments of wages, so section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 did not apply by reason of section 14(1)(a).

For the 30 September 2022 payslip, the tribunal found that the itemised deduction of 30 basic hours was matched by 30 hours of holiday pay and was a reclassification rather than an actual deduction. The tribunal concluded that the respondent had not made any unauthorised deductions from the claimant's wages and dismissed the claim.