Miss L Hickman v Advance Laser Aesthetics Ltd — 2022

The respondent did not present a valid response on time, so the Employment Judge determined the claim under rule 21 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013. On that basis, the tribunal made findings on the claim without a contested hearing and cancelled the hearing listed for 1 November 2022.

The tribunal found that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from the claimant's wages and ordered payment of £570.24 for February 2022. It also found that the claimant was dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice and awarded £1,853.28 as notice damages, calculated by reference to 13 weeks at 16 hours per week at £8.91 per hour.

The tribunal further found that the claimant was dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a redundancy payment of £1,211.76. It also found that the respondent had failed to pay holiday entitlement and ordered payment of £166.08, calculated by reference to 2.33 untaken days, or 18.64 hours, at £8.91 per hour. The total monetary award set out in the decision was £3,801.36.

The separate notice on interest stated that interest was payable under the Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990, article 12, at 8% per annum from the relevant decision day if the sums were not paid within 14 days, but the judgment itself did not quantify any interest amount.