Mrs A. Coles v Respondent — 2024

The claimant, Mrs A. Coles, presented a claim on 9 October 2023 for one month’s unpaid wages and holiday pay on termination of employment. The claim was sent to ORU London Ltd on 6 February 2024, but the respondent did not file a response or seek an extension of time, so judgment was entered in default under rule 21 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013.

On unpaid wages, the tribunal recorded that the claimant had worked as operations manager for 40 hours a week from 7 March 2023 to 7 August 2023. Relying on a payslip confirming the monthly amount payable, Employment Judge Goodman found that £2,893 gross was due and ordered payment of that sum as unauthorised deductions from wages.

On holiday pay, the claimant had only stated a total figure and had not provided a breakdown. The tribunal calculated accrued but untaken holiday on the basis of five complete months’ employment, 28 days' annual entitlement under the Working Time Regulations 1998, and four statutory bank holidays during the period. On the tribunal’s arithmetic, the claimant had 7.67 days outstanding at £131 per day, giving £1,004.77 in the reasons; the operative order at the top of the judgment states £1,000.47, so there is a small inconsistency in the holiday-pay figure recorded in the judgment text.