Miss Amy Quinn v The Retrofit Team Limited — 2024

The hearing took place on 5 February 2024 before Employment Judge Cline sitting alone. The respondent did not attend and was not represented. The judgment records that the respondent had failed to comply with the case management orders dated 9 August 2023 and with the response direction in the strike-out warning dated 30 October 2023, and that it had also asked shortly before the hearing for alternative dates after saying it could not attend.

The tribunal ordered that the respondent’s response be struck out. It then recorded that the claimant’s claim for unlawful deduction from wages by way of unpaid wages was well-founded, and awarded her £717.50 gross for that claim. It also recorded that the claimant’s claim for unlawful deduction from wages by way of unpaid notice pay was well-founded, and awarded her a further £717.50 gross.

The total gross sum deducted from wages was therefore £1,435. The judgment states that the claimant is responsible for any tax or National Insurance on the award. No separate reasons were provided in writing because reasons had been given orally at the hearing.