E Xyki v Palmers Patisserie Manufacturing Ltd — 2025

The claim was presented at the Manchester Employment Tribunal on 16 April 2025. The respondent failed to present a valid response on time, and Employment Judge Slater determined the claim under rule 22 of the Rules of Procedure on the basis of the materials available. The judgment addresses three discrete complaints: unauthorised deductions from wages, breach of contract relating to unpaid employer pension contributions, and unpaid accrued holiday pay.

Each complaint was found to be well-founded. The tribunal held that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from the claimant's wages between 1 January 2025 and 15 March 2025 and ordered payment of the gross sum of £3,649.00. On the breach of contract complaint, the tribunal found that the respondent had failed to pay employer's pension contributions for the period from 1 January 2024 to 15 March 2025 and awarded damages of £535.44, being the gross sum of those contributions. On holiday pay, the tribunal found that the respondent had failed to pay for 27 hours of accrued but untaken holiday on the date employment ended and awarded £378.00.

The respondent was ordered to pay the claimant £4,562.44 in total. The claimant was made responsible for any tax or National Insurance due on the wages and holiday pay sums. The judgment also attached the standard Article 12 interest notice under the Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990, identifying 27 November 2025 as the relevant decision day and 28 November 2025 as the calculation day at the stipulated rate of 8% per annum.