Darren Dowsett Wayne Chapman Michael Turner Cameron Smith Lauren Rogers Leeann Hale Symphonii Hale v Blakes Golf Club Limited — 2022

The tribunal struck out the claims against the first and second respondents, substituted Brook Lodge Ongar Management Limited as the respondent, and then determined the remaining agreed money claims for the seven claimants. No lay members sat with the Employment Judge.

For Darren Dowsett, the tribunal found his unlawful deduction of wages claim well founded and ordered payment of £2,722.75 for the shortfall between wages properly payable and wages actually paid from 1 September 2019 to 30 June 2020. It also ordered £1,061.10 for accrued but untaken annual leave, £1,417.05 and £1,293.24 for pension contributions that had been deducted or were due but not paid to the pension provider, and £1,848.06 for income tax and national insurance contributions for April, May and June 2020.

For Wayne Chapman, Michael Turner, Cameron Smith, Lauren Rogers, Leeann Hale and Symphonii Hale, the tribunal made agreed awards for accrued but untaken annual leave, and where applicable further agreed sums for pension contributions and unpaid income tax and national insurance contributions. The judgment records that the wrongful dismissal and/or compensation element for Darren Dowsett, and the compensation claims for the other claimants, were withdrawn and dismissed. The total ordered across all claimants was £16,390.20 gross.