No attendance For the v Mr A Boyce, Director — 2023

The tribunal dealt only with a claim for unlawful deduction of wages. The claimant, Ms S Abbott, had presented a claim on 29 July 2022 seeking £731 said to be arrears of pay. She did not attend the hearing, after asking for an adjournment because she said she was only available until 12 pm; that request was refused and the hearing proceeded in her absence. Neither party had provided witness statements or documents before the hearing.

The respondent was represented by Mr A Boyce, its director. His evidence was that the claimant was a contractor rather than an employee, that she had left the site after two weeks without completing the work, and that she had been paid for the hours she worked. The tribunal noted that no copy of the alleged contract was produced, and there was no evidence from the claimant beyond the brief assertions in the claim form, which also stated that she had received £850 for 50 hours worked and was owed pay for a further 43 hours.

In the absence of evidence showing that the claimed sum was properly payable, the tribunal dismissed the unlawful deduction of wages claim.