Miss B Varadyova v Excellent Zephyr Limited (in creditors voluntary liquidation) — 2025

Having considered correspondence from the liquidator and the Redundancy Payments Office, together with the claimant’s evidence and the respondent’s letter dated 15 January 2024, Employment Judge Howden-Evans found that the claimant’s complaint about notice pay was well-founded. The case was heard by CV on 14 April 2025; the respondent did not attend.

The tribunal held that the respondent was liable in breach of contract in relation to notice pay and awarded the claimant £3,755.32 as damages. The judgment states that this figure was calculated using gross pay to reflect the likelihood that the claimant would have to pay tax on it as Post Employment Notice Pay.

The award was derived from the claimant’s gross monthly pay of £4,166.67 less £411.35 already paid as notice pay by the Redundancy Payments Office. The judgment also provided that interest would accrue at 8% per annum on any unpaid sum 14 days after the date of judgment, and stated that this would be £0.82 per day if the whole amount remained unpaid.