Ms A Humphries v Cleaning Twenty-Four Seven Ltd — 2023

The hearing took place on 21 August 2023 before Employment Judge J S Burns. There was no attendance by or on behalf of either party. The tribunal record notes that the claimant’s representative was telephoned, said he had received the notice of hearing issued on 3 March 2023 but had forgotten it, and asked for an adjournment. The judge refused the adjournment because the parties had had ample notice, the request was made after the hearing time, and the claims were small in amount so it was not proportionate to adjourn.

The tribunal proceeded on the ET1 and ET3 only. On the notice pay issue, the judge found it was clear that the claimant had resigned without giving notice, so she was not entitled to notice pay and that claim was dismissed. On holiday pay, the respondent admitted in its ET3 that it owed the claimant £60 holiday pay, and the tribunal held that the holiday pay claim succeeded to that extent.

The judgment therefore orders the respondent to pay the claimant £60 in lieu of holidays by 11 September 2023, and dismisses the notice pay claim.