Mrs S McIvor v Lucky7Agency Limited — 2024

Mrs S McIvor brought claims against Lucky7Agency Limited for unauthorised deductions from wages, breach of contract, holiday pay, redundancy payment, unfair dismissal, and pregnancy / maternity discrimination. The hearing took place at London South by CVP on 22 November 2024 before Employment Judge Harrington. The tribunal gave oral reasons at the hearing, and no written reasons were to be provided unless requested in time.

The tribunal found the wages complaint well-founded and held that the respondent had made unauthorised deductions from the claimant’s wages between 7 June 2021 and 18 October 2023. It ordered payment of £2,818.68 as the gross sum deducted. The breach of contract complaint was also well-founded in relation to notice pay and employer pension contributions, and damages of £11,591.15 were awarded using gross pay.

The holiday pay complaint succeeded because the respondent had failed to pay for holidays accrued but not taken when the claimant’s employment ended, and £3,553.85 was awarded. Under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996, the tribunal determined that the claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment of £1,286.00. The unfair dismissal complaint was also well-founded, and the tribunal stated that the claimant was unfairly dismissed, but no further award of damages was made.

The pregnancy / maternity discrimination claim was dismissed upon withdrawal by the claimant. The monetary awards ordered in the judgment therefore totalled £19,249.68 across the wages, breach of contract, holiday pay, and redundancy payment findings, with no separate award made for the unfair dismissal or discrimination claim.