Case 6005961/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Miss H Massingham v The Haulage (Holdings) Organisation Limited — 2025
- Case reference
- 6005961/2024
- Decision date
- 3 September 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Aspinall
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Miss H Massingham
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningEmployment Judge Aspinall, sitting alone at Carlisle over 1 to 3 September 2025, determined four claims brought by Miss H Massingham against The Haulage (Holdings) Organisation Limited. The Tribunal accepted that the claimant had made a protected disclosure and was a whistleblower, but found that the in-time acts she complained of were not done because of those disclosures, so the public interest disclosure detriment claim failed. The related claim of automatically unfair constructive dismissal also failed because the in-time actions of the respondent were not breaches of contract entitling her to resign.
The claim for the final instalment of a Finders Fee agreement failed on the basis that the claimant was not able to establish a contractual right to that payment. The unlawful deduction from wages claim succeeded in part: although some deduction complaints were out of time, the last three formed a series of deductions the last of which was in time. The Tribunal found that the respondent had unlawfully deducted GBP 1784.19, offset by a post-termination payment of GBP 303.90, and ordered the respondent to pay the claimant GBP 1480.29.
Written reasons were not provided as reasons had been given orally at the hearing.
Claims and outcomes
4 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistleblowing | Public interest disclosure detriment claim. Tribunal accepted the claimant had made a protected disclosure and was a whistleblower, but found the in-time acts complained of were not done because she had made disclosures. | Dismissed | — | — |
| Constructive dismissal | Public interest disclosure automatically unfair constructive dismissal. Tribunal found the in-time actions of the respondent were not breaches of contract entitling her to resign. | Dismissed | — | — |
| Breach of contract | Claim for final instalment payment of a Finders Fee agreement. Tribunal found the claimant was not able to establish a contractual right to receive that final instalment. | Dismissed | — | — |
| Unlawful deduction from wages | Succeeds in part. Some deduction complaints were out of time, but the last three formed a series of deductions, the last of which was in time. Unlawful deduction of GBP 1784.19 found, offset by GBP 303.90 paid post-termination, leaving GBP 1480.29 payable. | Upheld | — | £1,480 |
Remedy
Monetary award- Total award
- £1,480
- across all upheld claims
Official outcome judgment PDF
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