Case 2600414/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Dr Andreea Ivona Bradley First v Strategic Business Insights Inc Second Respondent: Secretary of State for Business and Trade — 2024
- Case reference
- 2600414/2024
- Decision date
- 29 July 2024
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Phillips
- Venue
- Nottingham
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Dr Andreea Ivona Bradley First
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningEmployment Judge Phillips, sitting alone at Nottingham on 19 July 2024, heard the Claimant in person; neither the First Respondent (Strategic Business Insights Inc) nor the Second Respondent (Secretary of State for Business and Trade) attended. The Tribunal found that the First Respondent had failed to pay the Claimant in respect of wages, notice pay, redundancy pay, statutory maternity pay and holiday pay, and ordered the First Respondent to pay the corresponding gross sums to the Claimant.
The individual gross sums ordered against the First Respondent were £1,587.89 (wages), £5,645.84 (notice pay), £5,144 (redundancy pay), £6,077.99 (statutory maternity pay) and £3,390.85 (holiday pay). The claim against the Second Respondent was adjourned generally.
Reasons were given orally at the hearing and written reasons will not be provided unless requested within 14 days. The judgment text contains an apparent clerical inconsistency at paragraph 6, which refers to 'notice pay' immediately after a finding about redundancy pay; the £5,144 figure has accordingly been treated as the redundancy pay award.
Claims and outcomes
6 findings recordedThis case has mixed outcomes under at least one legal claim type. A tribunal can uphold some allegations and dismiss others under the same legal head, so rows below may represent separate issues or allegation groups from the judgment.
| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlawful deduction from wages | Tribunal found the First Respondent had failed to pay the Claimant's wages and ordered payment of the gross sum of £1,587.89. | Upheld | — | £1,588 |
| Breach of contract | Notice pay claim: First Respondent failed to pay notice pay; ordered to pay £5,645.84 gross. | Upheld | — | £5,646 |
| Redundancy | First Respondent failed to pay redundancy pay; ordered to pay £5,144 gross. (The judgment text labels paragraph 6 as 'notice pay' but the preceding finding at paragraph 5 concerns redundancy pay, so this sum is treated as the redundancy pay award.) | Upheld | — | £5,144 |
| Other | Statutory maternity pay claim. The §4.4 taxonomy has no specific category for statutory maternity pay, so classified as 'other'. First Respondent ordered to pay £6,077.99 gross. | Upheld | — | £6,078 |
| Holiday pay | First Respondent failed to pay holiday pay; ordered to pay £3,390.85 gross. | Upheld | — | £3,391 |
| Other | The claim against the Second Respondent (Secretary of State for Business and Trade) was adjourned generally; no determination was made on the merits at this hearing. |
Remedy
Monetary award- Total award
- £21,847
- across all upheld claims
Official outcome judgment PDF
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