Mr M Wigglesworth (1) Mr JL Tarpey (2) Mrs Z Byrom (3) Mr D Sayers (4) v Fast Track Housing Ltd — 2023

Employment Judge Morris, sitting alone at Newcastle Hearing Centre by CVP on 24 May 2023, heard four unrepresented claimants and a respondent that had not presented a response. The tribunal found that each claimant succeeded on a section 23 Employment Rights Act 1996 complaint that Fast-Track Housing Limited had made unauthorised deductions from wages contrary to section 13 for the period beginning 1 December 2022 and ending with the termination of employment.

For Mr M Wigglesworth, the tribunal ordered payment of £8,331.31 for unpaid wages, £1,713 redundancy pay and £300 for accrued but untaken holiday. His pension contribution complaint was dismissed following withdrawal. For Mr D Sayers, the tribunal ordered payment of £12,500 for unpaid wages, £1,713 redundancy pay and £884.61 for accrued holiday. His pension contribution complaint was also dismissed following withdrawal.

For Mr JL Tarpey and Mrs Z Byrom, the tribunal upheld the unpaid wages claims, the contract claims for termination without notice or payment in lieu of notice, the redundancy pay claims and the holiday pay claims. The notice claims were awarded at £1,689.52 each; the redundancy payments were £961.54 each; and the holiday pay awards were £336.52 each. The judgment text prints the unpaid wages awards for Tarpey and Byrom as '£1.264.87'; those amounts are treated here as £1,264.87. The tribunal recorded that the wage and holiday awards were calculated by reference to gross pay, while the notice awards were calculated by reference to net pay and any tax or national insurance liability for those sums fell on the respondent.