Mr Chaudhry Ghaffar Ahmed v Tanber Solutions Ltd — 2021

The tribunal first decided that the redundancy payment claim had been presented outside the six-month time limit in section 164(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, but accepted it under section 164(2). It also decided that the breach of contract, unlawful deduction from wages and holiday pay complaints were out of time, but extended time because it was not reasonably practicable for those complaints to have been presented earlier.

The hearing was treated as a final hearing under Rule 48. As the respondent had not filed an ET3 within the required time, the tribunal entered judgment under Rule 21 on the basis of the claimant's ET1 and oral evidence.

On the merits, the tribunal found that the claimant had been dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a redundancy payment. It also found that he had not been given the minimum notice required by section 86 ERA 1996, that there had been an unauthorised deduction of two weeks' wages, and that his holiday entitlement had not been paid.