Miss L Pinkney v Amico Coffee Limited — 2025

Employment Judge M Butler determined the claims on the papers under Rule 22 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2024, cancelling the hearing previously listed for 23 and 24 June 2025. The tribunal found the complaints of unauthorised deductions from wages, breach of contract in relation to notice pay, unfair dismissal and holiday pay all well-founded against Amico Coffee Limited.

On the unfair dismissal claim the tribunal awarded a basic award of £313.84 and a compensatory award of £2,683.21, the latter comprising £2,439.28 for loss of earnings together with a 10% uplift of £243.93. The uplift was applied under s.207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 on the basis that the respondent unreasonably failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015, and that it was just and equitable to increase the compensatory award by the percentage set out in the claimant's schedule of loss.

The tribunal also found that when proceedings were begun the respondent was in breach of its duty to provide the claimant with a written statement of employment particulars and, finding no exceptional circumstances making such an award unjust or inequitable, made an award of two weeks' gross pay (£627.68) under s.38 of the Employment Act 2002. The total sum payable by the respondent to the claimant under the judgment is £4,882.05.