T D Allen and others v 3RIO Group Limited — 2024

This is a Rule 21 determination under the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013. The respondent, 3RiO Group Limited, failed to present a valid response in time to a group of claims brought by fifteen claimants, and the tribunal determined the claims on the basis of the information on the claim forms. The figures awarded are gross sums limited to the amounts originally pleaded; higher figures later put forward in correspondence were not awarded because no permission to amend had been sought. A listed hearing on 1 October 2024 was cancelled.

The great majority of the awards are for unauthorised deductions from wages, with two claimants also receiving holiday pay awards. Two claims by Surdeep Singh for unfair dismissal and redundancy were not awarded because the claim form indicated he had not been continuously employed for at least two years; the tribunal indicated the judgment could be reconsidered on production of evidence of two years' service. Surjeet Singh's claims were dismissed because no information had been provided about the amounts claimed. No protective award under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 was made because no such claim had been pleaded, and no award was made for unpaid employer pension contributions because such deductions are authorised when made and the matter falls to the Pensions Regulator.

Separate judgments were to follow for three further claimants (P Adeniyi, J Oppong and K Amaning). The standard statutory interest notice under the Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990 was issued, with the relevant decision day recorded as 5 August 2024, the calculation day as 6 August 2024, and the stipulated rate of interest at 8% per annum.