Mr L Cabrita Figuera v BSS LED Manufacturing Ltd — 2020

This was a Rule 21 judgment. The tribunal recorded that the respondent had not presented sufficient grounds of resistance to dispute the claims, and on the information before the judge it found that the respondent had failed to pay the claimant’s holiday entitlement. The tribunal ordered the respondent to pay £184.62 in respect of the balance of 1.5 days’ entitlement, with credit to be given for any sums already paid above the initial 1 day’s payment of £123.08.

The tribunal also found that the claimant was dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice. It awarded £615.38 damages, assessed on the claimant’s gross pay for the notice period. The judgment states that, once paid, HMRC is likely to require the claimant to pay tax and national insurance on that amount as Post-Employment Notice Pay. The listed hearing on 9 June 2020 was cancelled. A separate notice explained the tribunal interest regime and stated that the stipulated rate for this case was 8% if sums remained unpaid after 14 days, but no separate quantified interest award was set out in the judgment itself.