Mr D Ampah v Green’s Bracknell Limited — 2022

Mr D Ampah brought a claim for unpaid wages arising from two weeks' employment with Green's Bracknell Limited. The respondent accepted that he had worked for two weeks but said he was not entitled to any pay because he had left in breach of contract. The tribunal noted that the respondent also tried to advance a breach of contract point, but rejected that because the claimant was not bringing a breach of contract claim.

The claimant attended by CVP and the respondent did not attend. The tribunal had only the claimant's evidence on the disputed hours of work. It accepted his evidence that he had agreed to work 40 hours a week, that he worked 39 hours in the first week and over 40 hours in the second week, and that he was claiming for 80 hours worked. The contract extract before the tribunal showed an annual salary of £33,000, but did not show the hours or days of work that had been agreed.

On the figures, the tribunal accepted the claimant's calculation that gross pay due was £1,269.23. It also accepted that the respondent had made a payment of £549.90 on 11 February 2022, which the claimant credited against the sum due. The balance outstanding was therefore £719.33 gross.

The judgment records that the respondent had made an unlawful deduction from wages and orders it to pay £719.33 gross to the claimant.