Mr A Rasool v Safe Hands Care and Support Services — 2025

Mr A Rasool was employed by Safe Hands Care and Support Services from 4 March 2024 until 2 April 2024. He brought a claim for unlawful deduction from wages. The tribunal identified three disputed points: the number of hours worked, whether shadowing should be paid at half rate, and whether mileage was owed.

The tribunal accepted the respondent's records on hours worked and found that the claimant worked 63.5 hours. It also accepted the respondent's evidence that shadowing at the start of employment was paid at half the normal rate. On that basis, it calculated that the claimant was entitled to £661.67 for his employment.

Bank statements showed that the respondent had already paid £531.32, leaving £130.35 outstanding. The tribunal found that this balance remained unpaid and held that there had been an unlawful deduction from wages in that sum. It recorded that this was a gross amount and that any tax consequences would depend on the claimant's other earnings.

The tribunal did not accept the mileage element of the claim. Although it accepted that the claimant would have done some driving as part of his work, it found there was no evidence showing the distance travelled, when it was travelled, or what mileage expense was incurred. It therefore found no unlawful deduction in relation to mileage.