Mr B Benson v Boxed Freeze Limited and 1 other — 2021

The tribunal consolidated claims 2301871/20, 2301557/20 and 2302339/20. No response had been presented by either respondent, and no documentation was provided. After hearing from the claimant and considering a 34-page bundle, Employment Judge Beckett sitting alone applied rule 21 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 and held that the first respondent was the claimant's employer at all material times. The judgment also recorded that the respondents made the claimant redundant on 24 March 2020, that Boxed Freeze Ltd appeared on the claimant's payslips, and that Cooler Tech Ltd had originally employed the claimant and appeared on bank statements as paying wages in March 2020.

The tribunal awarded £2,333.47 for pay arrears for February and March 2020 and £3,425.63 for pay arrears from March 2019 to February 2020, the latter being described in the judgment as unlawful deductions from wages. It also awarded £3,080.00 for notice pay, £4,620.00 as a statutory redundancy payment, and £1,760 for the failure to provide written particulars of employment. The first respondent was ordered to pay £15,219.10 gross, the claimant was required to account to HMRC in respect of the award, and the judgment states that recoupment did not apply.