Mr Kamran Bashir v Alpha K9 Services Limited — 2024

Employment Judge Tobin, sitting alone at Manchester Employment Tribunal on 10 December 2024, heard the claimant Mr Kamran Bashir in person by remote video hearing. The respondent, Alpha K9 Services Limited, did not attend or participate and had not submitted a Response. The Judge considered the claimant's email of 8 December 2024 detailing his claims for compensation.

The Tribunal found that the claimant succeeded in his claim for non-payment of wages for November and December 2024 (£2,290.00 in total). It also found that he succeeded in claims for unpaid expenses, comprising fuel expenses for travel to various sites between August and December 2024 (£594.00) and dog food expenses for a working dog named Lucky (£408.00), totalling £1,002.00. The Tribunal further found that the claimant succeeded in his claim for accrued and unpaid annual leave entitlement, calculated as 23.5 days at 12 hours per day at £10 per hour (£2,820.00).

The respondent was ordered to pay the claimant compensation totalling £6,112.00, with the wages and holiday pay components awarded gross and subject to deduction for tax and national insurance as appropriate. A statutory interest notice under the Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990 was issued, recording the relevant decision day as 18 December 2024 and the stipulated rate of interest at 8% per annum.