Mr Michael Carlin v Panacea Fire & Security Ltd — 2022

Mr Michael Carlin brought a claim that Panacea Fire & Security Ltd had unlawfully withheld wages for the final two months of his employment, totalling £3,516.04. The respondent did not lodge an ET3 and did not appear at the hearing. The claimant gave evidence himself and relied on time sheets and pay slips for May and June 2022.

The tribunal accepted the claimant’s evidence as credible and reliable. It found that he had been employed from about 1 June 2020, paid monthly by hourly rate, and that his May 2022 pay slip showed net pay due of £2,048.56. The tribunal also accepted that his June 2022 pay slip showed net pay due of £1,467.48 and that neither sum had been paid.

Applying section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the tribunal found that the claimant had suffered unauthorised deductions of £2,048.56 in respect of May and £1,467.48 in respect of June. It therefore declared that the respondent had made unlawful deductions from wages in the total sum of £3,516.04 and ordered payment of that amount to the claimant under section 24(1)(a) of the 1996 Act.