Mr A Shah v Greystoke Property Management Ltd and 1 other — 2022

The tribunal held that Greystoke Property Management Ltd was the claimant's employer and dismissed all claims against the second respondent, Mr Ali Baker. It found that the claimant was entitled to 8 weeks' notice and had received 8 weeks' notice, but the shortfall in payments for that notice period was accounted for within the unlawful deduction from wages claim, so no separate breach of contract award was made.

The claim for unauthorised deduction from wages succeeded. The tribunal found that the wages properly payable for the period 1 June 2020 to 13 September 2020 were £624 per calendar month, that the respondent paid only £300 per calendar month, and that the aggregate gross deduction was £1,132.40. The working time claim also succeeded: the claimant had taken no annual leave during the partial leave year from 1 January 2020 to 13 September 2020, and under Regulation 14 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 the tribunal calculated entitlement by reference to a week's pay of £144, producing £567.80 gross.

The tribunal rejected the redundancy and unfair dismissal claims. It found that the claimant was not dismissed by reason of redundancy, was not entitled to a redundancy payment, and was not unfairly dismissed. The tribunal ordered the respondent to pay the claimant the total gross sum of £1,700.20, subject to any lawful PAYE deductions.