Ms G Otunba-Payne v Innovate Agriculture Technologies Limited and 1 other — 2025

Employment Judge Phil Allen sat alone at Manchester by CVP on 6-7 February 2025. The written judgment records that, at the material time, the claimant was an employee of the first respondent and was engaged as its worker. It also records that she was neither employed under a contract of employment nor engaged as a worker by the second respondent, so all claims against the second respondent were dismissed.

The tribunal upheld the complaint of unauthorised deduction from wages against the first respondent for the period 1 March 2023 to 1 April 2024 and ordered payment of £89.60, described in the judgment as the gross sum deducted. It also upheld the holiday pay complaint against the first respondent, finding that ten days' accrued but untaken annual leave had not been paid as required by the Working Time Regulations 1998, and ordered payment of £2,942.39.

The tribunal dismissed the claim for holiday pay so far as it related to previous holiday years, prior to 2024 save for three days carried over. The written record states that reasons were given orally at the hearing and that written reasons would not be provided unless requested. A standard interest notice was attached, stating that the relevant decision day was 20 February 2025 and that interest would run at 8% per annum from 21 February 2025 if the award was not paid within 14 days.