Sian Smith v Baller’s Brands Limited — 2025

Employment Judge C Lewis sitting at East London Employment Tribunal determined the claims on 10 March 2025, with the Respondent not attending and not having entered a Response. The Tribunal found that the Claimant had been dismissed for redundancy when the Respondent ceased providing her with work on 30 September 2024, and that complaints of unauthorised deduction from wages, breach of contract for notice pay, holiday pay and statutory redundancy pay were all well-founded.

The Tribunal further found that the Respondent unreasonably failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015, and that it was just and equitable to increase the compensatory award by 25% under s.207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, producing an additional sum of £2,400. The Tribunal also found the Respondent was in breach of its duty to provide a written statement of employment particulars when proceedings began, and made an award equal to four weeks' gross pay under s.38 Employment Act 2002.

The total sum payable forthwith by the Respondent to the Claimant was £13,440. Written reasons were not provided as the judgment was given orally at the hearing.