In person assisted by his father, Mr K Gray. For the v Mr J Keeble, Yard Manager. — 2020

At the hearing in Bury St Edmunds on 28 August 2020, Employment Judge Laidler recorded that the respondent, Hunsden Skip Hire Limited, was ordered to pay the claimant, Mr S Gray, £2,030 in respect of wages and accrued holiday pay. The written judgment does not set out separate liability findings beyond that order, and no written reasons were provided because reasons had been given orally at the hearing.

The judgment includes the arithmetic used to reach the award. It states that 21 weekdays were worked at £100 per day, 3 Saturdays were worked for £300, 2 bank holidays were worked for £200, and accrued annual leave was £200, giving a subtotal of £2,800. From that, the tribunal deducted an advance of wages of £700 and a parking fine of £70, leaving a total award of £2,030.

The judge noted that the figure was higher than the claimant had stated at the hearing, where the claimant said £1,830, and explained that this was because the claimant’s schedule of loss had been added up incorrectly. The written record states that £2,030 was the correct award.