Mr P Woodworth v MEB Services Ltd — 2026

This was a Rule 22 judgment issued on the available material because no response had been presented to the claim. The Employment Judge made findings without a respondent defence and ordered payment of the sums set out in the judgment.

The tribunal found that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from wages by not paying the claimant the full wages due. It ordered payment of £2,703.96 gross, calculated on the basis of 14 days x 9 hours per day x £21.46 per hour. It also found that the respondent had failed to pay the claimant’s holiday entitlement and had made an unauthorised deduction from wages accordingly, ordering £2,124.54 gross, calculated on 11 days x 9 hours per day x £21.46 per hour.

The tribunal further found that the claimant was dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice and awarded 4 weeks’ gross pay in damages, amounting to £2,876.00, calculated using the statutory maximum of £719 per week. It also found that the claimant was dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a gross redundancy payment of £4,314.00, calculated on 6 weeks x £719.00 per week.

The judgment provided that the respondent could deduct income tax and employee National Insurance contributions, if required by law, from the sums payable, provided those amounts were remitted to HMRC and written evidence of the deductions and remittance was supplied to the claimant. The total of the awards ordered was £12,018.50 gross.