ETZ 4(WR) IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (SCOTLAND) AT EDINBURGH Judgment of the Employment Tribunal in Undefended Case No: 4103304/2023 Heard at Edinburgh on the Cloud Based Video Platform on rd August 2023 at am Employment Judge J G d’Inverno Mr Danny Welsh v Mr Chris Jackson — 2023

The case proceeded undefended. Employment Judge J G d'Inverno held that Mr Danny Welsh's complaints of unauthorised deduction from wages contrary to s.13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 succeeded against Mr Chris Jackson, trading as The Complete Heating Co. The judgment records that Mr Welsh had been paid £4.05 per hour, while the applicable national minimum wage for persons under 18 was £4.81 per hour.

The tribunal ordered £424.61 to reflect the hourly shortfall across 558.7 hours worked between 31 October 2022 and 29 January 2023 inclusive. It also ordered £432.90 gross for wages withheld in respect of 90 hours worked between 30 January and 14 February 2023 inclusive, calculated by reference to the £4.81 hourly rate.

In addition, the tribunal ordered £215 gross for 7.1 days of accrued but untaken paid annual leave at a daily gross rate of £30 as at the effective date of termination on 14 February 2023. The judgment directed that the sums at paragraphs (First), (Second) and (Third) be paid without deduction of employee National Insurance contribution or income tax, with Mr Welsh to account to HMRC for any tax or NI due.