Ms Banbury v Readipop — 2026

The Tribunal found that Ms Banbury was a worker of Readipop within the meaning of section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Her complaint of unpaid holiday pay was well-founded, and Readipop was ordered to pay her the gross sum of £4,130.62 within 14 days of the judgment being sent to the parties. Ms Banbury was responsible for any tax or National Insurance due on that sum.

The complaint of unlawful deduction from wages was not well-founded. The Tribunal held that it lacked jurisdiction over the complaints concerning Class 1 National Insurance contributions and employer pension contributions. Ms Banbury was not an employee and was therefore not entitled to the respondent's full employee sick-pay benefit. The claimed expenses were excluded from the definition of wages by section 27(2)(b), and the £154.40 claimed as a missing invoiced payment related to one day invoiced in error, was not properly payable, and had not been deducted.