Mr E Kopti v Beautifully Made Foundation CIC — 2023

The claim was decided under rule 21 after the respondent failed to present a valid response on time. Employment Judge Wright Date proceeded to determine the claim on the papers and listed no hearing in the judgment. The tribunal found that the respondent had made unauthorised deductions from the claimant’s wages and awarded £7,204.19 gross for that head of claim.

The tribunal also found that the claimant was dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice and awarded £981.48 in damages. The judgment states that this was calculated using the statutory notice period of 4 weeks, reflecting the claimant’s 4 years and 7 months of employment. In addition, the tribunal found that the respondent had failed to pay the claimant’s holiday entitlement and awarded £64.32.

The judgment records a total award of £8,249.87. It further states that £334.91 was treated as a proscribed element under the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support) Regulations 1996, because the claimant said he received that amount as Universal Credit during the 4-week notice period. The balance of £7,914.96 was stated to be immediately payable, subject to any DWP recoupment notice.