Mr Steven Ewels v Euro Foods Group Limited — 2025

Employment Judge Rao sat at the East London Hearing Centre by CVP and held that the claimant's complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages in respect of suspension pay was well-founded. The tribunal found that the claimant had been suspended from 28 February 2024 to 22 March 2024, amounting to 18 working days, and accepted that he was entitled to basic salary during that period. Using a rate of £1,000 gross per day and 62 working days per year, the tribunal calculated suspension pay of £4,292.31, from which £3,026.45 had already been paid, leaving £1,265.86 outstanding.

The tribunal also found that the respondent had unreasonably failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015 and applied a 10% uplift under s.207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, producing an additional £126.60 on the suspension pay award. The complaint of unauthorised deductions in respect of holiday pay for the 2022 and 2023 calendar years was dismissed.

By consent, the holiday pay complaint for the 2024 calendar year was found well-founded. The tribunal recorded that the respondent had failed to pay for holidays accrued but untaken when the claimant's employment ended, and awarded £1,100 together with a 10% s.207A uplift of £110. The judgment sum due was recorded as £2,602, comprising the suspension pay, the two uplifts, and the holiday pay award.