Miss Georgina Farrow v Little Robins Nursery & Preschool Limited — 2025

Employment Judge Howden-Evans, sitting alone at London East Hearing Centre by video on 25 February 2025, heard the claimant in person; the respondent did not attend. The Tribunal found the complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages well-founded for the period April to May 2024 and ordered payment of the gross sum of £339.05. The complaint of breach of contract in relation to notice pay was well-founded and £429 was awarded as damages, calculated on gross pay to reflect likely Post Employment Notice Pay tax treatment.

The Tribunal further found the holiday pay complaint well-founded, holding that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction by failing to pay for holidays accrued but not taken at the end of employment, and ordered payment of £199.91. The Tribunal also found the respondent had failed to give the claimant written itemised pay statements as required by section 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 during April to May 2024, and ordered an additional £339.05 under section 12(4) of that Act in respect of unnotified deductions totalling £339.05.

The total amount ordered to be paid was £1,307.01, with interest at 8% per annum on any unpaid amount remaining 14 days after the date of judgment under Article 3(1) of the Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990. The Recoupment Regulations 1996 were stated not to apply. Reasons were given orally at the hearing and written reasons will only follow on request.