Mr J Ducker v Sweet Bar Mix Limited — 2023

The case was heard by Employment Judge McDonald sitting alone at Manchester by CVP on 26 July 2023. The respondent did not attend and was not represented. The tribunal recorded two monetary claims and upheld both.

First, the tribunal found that Sweet Bar Mix Limited had made an unauthorised deduction from Mr J Ducker’s wages. It ordered the respondent to pay £1,215.65 gross, made up of pay for the week ending 7 May 2023, a week’s pay in hand, and a part-week payment ending with dismissal on 12 May 2023 calculated at £460 per week gross.

Second, the tribunal found that the respondent had failed to pay Mr Ducker for accrued but untaken holiday entitlement on termination of employment. It ordered payment of £2,576.00, calculated as £460 per week multiplied by 5.6 weeks, which the judgment described as one year’s annual leave accrued and untaken on termination.

The written record also included the standard notice on interest under the Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990, stating that interest would accrue if the sums remained unpaid after 14 days from the relevant decision day of 2 August 2023, at the stipulated rate of 8% per annum. No separate interest amount was quantified in the judgment.