Mr M Bell v Yusuf Ozdemir — 2025

The tribunal proceeded under Rule 22 because the respondent did not present a valid response on time. On that basis, Employment Judge Johnson determined the claim on the papers and entered judgment against Yusuf Ozdemir.

The tribunal found that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from the claimant’s wages and ordered payment of £1,200 gross. It also found that the claimant had been dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice and awarded £300 as statutory notice pay, calculated using gross pay to reflect the likelihood of tax being payable on post-employment notice pay.

In addition, the tribunal found that the respondent had failed to pay accrued but untaken holiday entitlement and ordered £400 gross. It also found that the claimant was dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a redundancy payment of £300, calculated at 0.5 week’s pay for each complete year of service when the claimant was aged 22 years or under.

The total award was £2,200. The written record also gave the standard interest notice: no interest is payable if the sum is paid in full within 14 days after the decision was sent to the parties, interest starts the following day, and the stipulated rate was 8% per annum.