In person For the v The Maintenance Services Team Limited — 2023

At a preliminary hearing held in the respondent's absence, the tribunal proceeded under rule 47 after contacting the respondent, which said no one would attend. The tribunal declared that the respondent had made unauthorised deductions from the claimant's wages. It found that the respondent failed to pay the claimant his final salary due in April 2022 and deducted £145 from his final itemised pay slip for a "lock job" without explanation. The respondent was ordered to pay £2,770.03 in respect of those deductions.

The tribunal also found that, in trying to obtain payment and pay slips, the claimant visited the respondent's premises on three occasions and took three days off work. It recorded loss of earnings of £480 and travel expenses of £148, and ordered the respondent to pay a further £628 under section 24(2) Employment Rights Act 1996. The total sum ordered was £3,398.03.