Miss Sharmin Hussain v Umair Shafiq — 2025

The tribunal proceeded in the respondent's absence after the respondent did not attend the final hearing, did not respond to the clerk's email, and had not communicated an explanation for non-attendance. It heard the case by CVP on 4 June 2025 at London East before Employment Judge B Beyzade and issued judgment on the available material under Rule 22 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, also deciding to proceed in the absence of the respondent under Rule 47.

On the material before it, the tribunal upheld the claimant's complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages and awarded arrears for September and October 2024. The sum was calculated as 101 hours at a gross hourly rate of £11.80, producing £1,191.80 gross, subject to any required deductions for tax and national insurance.

The tribunal also upheld the claimant's complaint of unfair dismissal (constructive) and awarded £7,742.13. That figure comprised a basic award of £266.97 and a compensatory award of £7,475.16, broken down into £5,606.37 for past loss of earnings from 1 November 2024 to 4 June 2025, £1,423.84 for future loss of earnings from 5 June 2025 to 31 July 2025, and £444.95 for loss of statutory rights. The tribunal recorded that the claimant had not claimed any relevant state benefits, so no recoupment would occur under the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996.