Mr Z McKinnon v Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd — 2019

The claimant claimed he was owed £219.04 for unpaid hours worked in July and August 2018. The tribunal considered each date claimed. It found that the hours worked on 28 and 29 July had been included in the claimant's 1 August 2018 pay, and that the claimant had not shown those sums were unpaid.

For August dates, the tribunal found the claimant was entitled to payment for 22 hours, amounting to £176. It accepted some parts of the claimant's account, including six hours on 4 August, 3.5 hours on 5 August, six hours on 11 August, and 6.5 hours on 12 August, but found he was not entitled to payment for 18 and 19 August because he was off sick for only two days and was not entitled to statutory sick pay under the contract.

The tribunal found the claimant had already been paid for 21.5 of the 22 hours due, leaving 0.5 hours unpaid at £8 per hour. It therefore held that the respondent made an unlawful deduction from wages in the sum of £4 and ordered payment of that sum. The claimant had not shown further financial loss attributable to the unpaid wages complaint.