Case 2501347/2024 · Employment Tribunal

Miss G N Savage v Ashes Care Group Limited — 2024

Case reference: 2501347/2024
Decision date: 21 August 2024
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Aspden REPRESENTATION

Indexed: 21 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

Miss G N Savage

Respondent

Ashes Care Group Limited

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

At a hearing on 21 August 2024 before Employment Judge Aspden, with the claimant represented and no attendance for the respondent, the tribunal found the claimant’s complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages well-founded. It awarded £642 gross for the two weeks ending 15 March 2024. The tribunal also upheld the holiday pay complaint and awarded £299.60 gross for holidays accrued but not taken when employment ended, and upheld the breach of contract claim for notice pay, awarding £2,014.80 in damages calculated using gross pay.

The tribunal further held, under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996, that the claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment of £6,901.50. It also found that the respondent had failed to comply with section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 in respect of the claimant’s dismissal and therefore made a protective award under section 189(3).

The protective award was stated as an order equivalent to remuneration for the period of 90 days beginning on 15 March 2024. The decision notes that the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support) Regulations 1996 apply to that award. The extracted text does not state a separate cash figure for the protective award, so no overall monetary total is specified in the judgment text supplied here.

Claims and outcomes

5 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Unlawful deduction from wages	The tribunal found an unauthorised deduction from wages for the two weeks ending 15 March 2024 and ordered payment of the gross sum deducted.	Upheld	—	£642
Breach of contract	Notice pay was found to be a well-founded breach of contract claim. The tribunal awarded damages calculated using gross pay to reflect likely tax treatment as Post Employment Notice Pay.	Upheld	—	£2,015
Holiday pay	The tribunal found the respondent had failed to pay holiday accrued but untaken when employment ended and ordered the gross sum remaining owing.	Upheld	—	£300
Redundancy	The tribunal determined under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996 that the claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment in this amount.	Upheld	—	£6,902
Other	The tribunal found a failure to comply with section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and made a protective award under section 189(3) equivalent to remuneration for 90 days beginning on 15 March 2024. The extracted text does not state a separate cash figure for this award.	Upheld	—	—

Legal tests applied

4 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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