Miss E Vogwell v Jimmy’s LPL Limited — 2022

Miss Vogwell brought a claim against Jimmy’s LPL Limited for unlawful deduction from wages under section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. At the hearing before Employment Judge Ross on 13 January 2022, the claimant appeared in person and the respondent did not attend. The tribunal allowed the claimant’s application to amend the claim so that it included her full four-week notice period.

The tribunal held that the claim was well-founded and succeeded. It found that the respondent had unlawfully shortened the claimant’s contractual notice period as a bar manager from four weeks to one week. It also found that the claimant was entitled to full pay under her contract of employment during her absence for COVID-19.

The tribunal ordered the respondent to pay the claimant £2,191 within 14 days of the judgment being sent to the parties. The written record notes that reasons were given orally at the hearing and that no further written reasons would be provided unless requested in time. The interest notice attached to the judgment recorded the relevant decision day as 18 January 2022 and the stipulated rate of interest as 8%, but no separate interest sum was set out in the judgment itself.