Mrs Elizabeth Wiles v Alkota Group Limited — 2024

The claim was dealt with under Rule 21 because the respondent failed to present a valid response on time. The tribunal said the information provided by Mrs Elizabeth Wiles was enough to enable a proper determination of the claims and the matter was decided on the papers. The hearing listed for 15 August 2024 was cancelled.

The tribunal upheld the claimant's monetary claims. It found that Alkota Group Limited had made unauthorised deductions from wages and ordered £12,664 gross. It also found that the claimant had been dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice and awarded £3,166 in damages. In addition, the tribunal found that she had been dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a redundancy payment of £1,929, and it found that holiday entitlement had not been paid, so £730 was due.

The claimant had also raised an issue about unpaid pension contributions. The tribunal said that matter did not appear to be within the employment tribunal's jurisdiction and appeared instead to be a matter for the Pensions Ombudsman. It did not dismiss that issue immediately, but said any remaining claims would stand dismissed on 13 September 2024 unless the claimant wrote by then setting out the basis on which the tribunal had jurisdiction.