Case 3304306/2023 · Employment Tribunal

Ms O Jowa v Qube Qualifications and Development Limited (in Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) and 1 other — 2025

Case reference: 3304306/2023
Decision date: 28 February 2025
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Shastri-Hurst Date

Indexed: 18 May 2026

Parties

3 named

Claimant

Ms O Jowa

Respondents

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The Tribunal found that the respondent's premises at Bee House, Milton Park constituted an establishment for the purpose of s188 TULR(C)A and that there was no recognised trade union or appointed or elected employee representatives for the relevant statutory purpose. It upheld the complaint that the respondent failed to comply with a requirement of s188 and made a protective award for a 90-day protected period beginning on 28 March 2023.

The Tribunal also found the breach of contract complaints well-founded in respect of notice pay and expenses, and found that the respondent made an unauthorised deduction from wages for the period 1 to 28 March 2023. It further found the holiday pay complaint well-founded under the Working Time Regulations 1998 and determined that the claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment.

The judgment ordered payment of the specified sums for the protective award, notice pay, expenses, wages, holiday pay and redundancy payment. It also stated that credit is to be given for sums paid by the Redundancy Payments Service in relation to any of those sums.

Claims and outcomes

6 findings recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Other	Protective award for failure to comply with a requirement of s188 TULR(C)A; protected period of 90 days beginning on 28 March 2023.	Upheld	—	£7,227
Breach of contract	Notice pay, calculated using net pay.	Upheld	—	£1,828
Breach of contract	Expenses claim. The judgment heading says expenses, but paragraph 8 repeats notice pay; amount is recorded under the expenses section.	Upheld	—	£621
Unlawful deduction from wages	Unauthorised deduction from wages in the period 1 to 28 March 2023; gross sum awarded.	Upheld	—	£2,248
Holiday pay	Failure to pay holiday pay in accordance with regulation 14(2) and/or 16(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998.	Upheld	—	£1,489
Redundancy	Entitlement to a redundancy payment determined under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996.	Upheld	—	£1,686

Remedy

Monetary award

Total award: £15,100; across all upheld claims

Legal tests applied

5 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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