Case 3302574/2023 · Employment Tribunal
Miss S Lopez v Viva Living Property Limited and 1 other — 2024
- Case reference
- 3302574/2023
- Decision date
- 6 November 2024
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge McCooey REPRESENTATION
Parties
3 namedClaimant
Miss S Lopez
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningAt the Reading CVP hearing on 6 November 2024, before Employment Judge McCooey, the respondent did not attend. The tribunal held that Miss S Lopez’s complaint of automatic unfair dismissal for making a protected disclosure was well-founded, and that her protected disclosure detriment complaint was also well-founded.
The tribunal further found that the complaint of harassment related to sex was well-founded. It also found an unauthorised deduction from wages over the period 1 July 2019 to 1 February 2023.
On remedy, the tribunal ordered a basic award of £562.68. It awarded £14,546.84 for past financial losses, broken down in the judgment into £6,846.84 for unlawful deductions from wages, £7,200 for lost earnings between 1 February 2023 and 1 February 2024, and £500 for loss of statutory rights.
The tribunal also awarded £1,066.36 interest on the past financial losses, £15,000 for injury to feelings in the Middle Vento band, and £2,117.26 interest on the injury-to-feelings award. It recorded a total payable sum of £33,293.13 after deductions and adjustments.
Claims and outcomes
4 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistleblowing | Automatic unfair dismissal for making a protected disclosure. The judgment awarded a basic award, but the wider compensatory losses were not separately allocated between the dismissal, detriment, and wage-deduction elements. | Upheld | — | £563 |
| Whistleblowing | Protected disclosure detriment. No separate monetary figure was identified for this complaint in the remedy section. | Upheld | — | — |
| Harassment | Harassment related to sex. The tribunal awarded £15,000 for injury to feelings, described as within the Middle Vento band. | Upheld | Sex | £15,000 |
| Unlawful deduction from wages | The tribunal found unauthorised deductions from wages between 1 July 2019 and 1 February 2023 and identified £6,846.84 as the unlawful-deduction component within the past financial losses award. | Upheld | — | £6,847 |
Remedy
Monetary award- Total award
- £33,293
- across all upheld claims
- Basic award
- £563
- statutory, unfair dismissal
- Compensatory award
- £14,547
- compensatory remedy recorded
Legal tests applied
2 references- Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996
- Middle Vento band
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