Mrs P Barr (wife) For the v Redburn Transfer Ltd (In Liquidation) — 2018

The tribunal, sitting at Watford before Employment Judge Alliott on 17 July 2019, found that Mr Andrew Barr was an employee of Redburn Transfer Limited (in liquidation). The respondent did not attend. The judge recorded that the finding on employment status was made for the reasons set out in the claimant’s statement of facts.

On the merits, the tribunal upheld a claim described as 'unauthorised deduction of wages and/or breach of contract' and awarded £4,573.50 gross for invoices for March and April 2018. It also upheld a separate breach of contract claim for non-payment of the statutory notice payment and awarded £4,001.76, calculated by reference to seven complete years of service and a seven-week statutory notice period.

The tribunal further found the claimant entitled to a redundancy payment of £5,334.00, calculated as 7 complete years multiplied by 1.5 and then by the statutory maximum week’s pay of £508.00. It also upheld the claim for accrued holiday pay outstanding at termination and awarded £2,745.00, using a holiday year running from 1 September to 31 August and calculating 18 days due at £152.50 per day. The total monetary award was £16,654.26.