In person For the v The Chair (Buckingham) Ltd — 2022

The tribunal found that the Claimant's complaint of unfair dismissal was well founded and awarded a basic award of £1,276.50 and a compensatory award of £8,886.42. It also found that, when proceedings began, the Respondent was in breach of its duty under Part 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to provide written employment particulars, and increased the award by £1,702.00 under section 38(4).

The tribunal found that the Claimant had been dismissed in breach of contract because she was not given notice or paid in lieu of notice, but made no separate damages award because those damages were covered by the unfair dismissal compensatory award. It also declared that the Respondent made deductions from wages contrary to section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and ordered payment of £1,190.16. The total of those sums was £13,055.08, and a separate preparation time order of £820.00 was made.

The Respondent did not attend the hearing. The judge was satisfied that the Respondent had notice of the hearing and chose not to attend, and proceeded in its absence while having regard to its case as set out in the ET3 and correspondence. The Respondent's employer's contract claim against the Claimant was dismissed as not well founded.