Mr A Pashley v Pinnacle Plumbing and Electrical Limited (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) — 2024

Mr Pashley worked for the respondent as a plumbing manager from 14 February 2022, and his employment ended on 10 July 2023. The tribunal accepted his evidence, in the absence of any attendance or response from the respondent, that he carried out further ad hoc plumbing work in July 2023 and that the respondent later confirmed by email on 4 August 2023 that the sums claimed would be paid through the August payroll.

The tribunal found that the claimant was owed 40 hours' pay at £21 per hour, totalling £840. It also accepted that Mr Gore had orally agreed a bonus of £1,500 in connection with the solar panel installation job at the claimant's mother’s house, and found on balance that the bonus was payable and due in the August 2023 payroll.

On limitation, the tribunal found that the contractual payment date was the last working day of the month, so the wages and bonus were due on 31 August 2023. Early conciliation ran from 4 October 2023 to 15 November 2023, extending the three-month time limit so that the claim presented on 2 January 2024 was in time. The complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages was therefore well-founded, and the respondent was ordered to pay £2,340 gross. The separate claim for expenses was dismissed on withdrawal because the claimant confirmed he was not pursuing it.