Mr S Gray v Dixon Food Limited — 2021

The case was heard remotely by CVP at Watford on 21 May 2021 before Employment Judge Hanning sitting alone. The claimant, Mr S Gray, appeared in person and the respondent, Dixon Food Limited, was represented by Mr M Dixon, the company director. The tribunal recorded that the remote hearing was not objected to and that all issues could be determined remotely.

The tribunal held that three unlawful deduction from wages claims were well founded under section 13(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The first was a claim that the respondent failed to pay the claimant the national minimum wage, which the judgment linked to the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015. The second was a claim for accrued but untaken annual leave, and the third was a claim for due salary.

For each claim, the tribunal ordered the respondent to pay the claimant a gross sum: £1,919.81 for the national minimum wage shortfall, £288.87 for accrued but untaken annual leave, and £166.67 for due salary. The written record states that reasons were given orally at the hearing and that written reasons would not be provided unless requested in time.