Mrs VL Harris v Notes of Northumberland Holdings Ltd — 2023

This was a Rule 21 judgment after the Claimant, Mrs VL Harris, presented a claim on 6 June 2022 and no response was returned by the Respondent, Notes of Northumberland (Alnwick) Limited. The tribunal recorded that the proceedings had been served at the Respondent's registered office and that the response date passed without any response. The Employment Judge therefore considered whether the available material was sufficient to determine the claims without a hearing.

The Claimant wrote to the tribunal on 10 August 2023 with a breakdown of the amounts claimed, together with a wage slip and timesheets. The tribunal accepted that she was entitled to be paid £10.50 per hour and that, at the date of termination of employment, she had not been paid gross salary of £645.33. That sum was made up of £309.33 for the week ending 26 March 2023, payable on 31 March 2023, and £336.00 for the week ending 2 April 2023, payable on 7 April 2023. The tribunal found those amounts were properly payable and had not been paid in contravention of section 13 Employment Rights Act 1996.

The tribunal also found that at termination the Claimant had 5.5 hours of accrued but untaken holiday, amounting to £57.75. It was satisfied that it had sufficient information to issue judgment for both the unpaid wages and the outstanding holiday pay claims. The Respondent was ordered to pay a total gross amount of £703.08.