Case 2415099/2019 · Employment Tribunal

Mr C Thacker v Chrisalis Worldwide Limited — 2020

Case reference: 2415099/2019
Decision date: 5 November 2020
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Aspinall REPRESENTATION

Indexed: 23 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Mr C Thacker

Respondent

Chrisalis Worldwide Limited

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The tribunal held that Mr Thacker was automatically unfairly dismissed because he was dismissed for asserting his statutory right to annual leave. It also upheld his breach of contract claim, but recorded that no separate damages were awarded because he had been given a week's notice.

The holiday pay claim succeeded in the agreed sum of £28.32, being 0.25 of a day's pay. The unlawful deduction from wages claim also succeeded, but the tribunal made no award on that head because the wages due on 25 October 2019 were paid on the next working day, 28 October 2019.

The respondent's counterclaim in relation to an offset of £675 withheld by the claimant succeeded. The tribunal stated that, at the remedy hearing listed for 8 December 2020, that amount would either be deducted from any award made or repaid in full, or in part, to the respondent. The judgment made case management orders for the remedy hearing and did not determine a final total award.

Claims and outcomes

5 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unfair dismissal	Automatically unfair dismissal upheld because the tribunal found the claimant was dismissed for asserting his statutory right to annual leave.	Upheld	—	—
Breach of contract	Claim succeeded, but the tribunal awarded no separate damages because the claimant had been given a week's notice.	Upheld	—	—
Holiday pay	The parties agreed the amount due was 0.25 of a day's pay, quantified in the judgment as £28.32.	Upheld	—	£28
Unlawful deduction from wages	The tribunal found the deduction arose because wages due on 25 October 2019 were paid on the next working day, 28 October 2019, so no award was made.	Upheld	—	—
Other	Respondent counterclaim for an offset of £675 withheld by the claimant succeeded; the judgment said the sum would be deducted from any award or repaid, depending on the remedy hearing outcome.	Upheld	—	£675

Official outcome judgment PDF

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