Miss C Rushworth v Williams & Co (Corporate) Limited — 2023

Miss C Rushworth brought claims against Williams & Co (Corporate) Limited for constructive unfair dismissal and unlawful deduction from wages. Sitting alone, Judge Cowx found the constructive unfair dismissal claim unfounded and dismissed it. The tribunal held that the respondent had not breached an express or implied term of the contract, had not repudiated the contract, and had not conducted itself in a way that destroyed or seriously harmed trust and confidence. The judgment states that the claimant resigned and was not dismissed.

On the wages claims, the tribunal upheld the claim that the respondent unlawfully deducted £1,472.25 from wages by recovering apprenticeship training costs. It found that the respondent was not permitted to make that deduction and ordered repayment of £1,472.25. The separate claim that £3,626.37 had been deducted by failing to compensate out-of-hours study time was dismissed as unfounded.