Mr H Khatri v Rathakrishnan Gopalakrishnan — 2026

The tribunal heard the claim at Birmingham (CVP) on 17 March 2026 before Employment Judge Edmonds. The claimant Mr H Khatri was represented by Miss E Bhangu, pupil. The respondent did not attend. The tribunal upheld each of the claimant's complaints arising out of his employment in the period 21 October 2024 to 19 January 2025.

The judge found the complaints of unauthorised deductions from wages, holiday pay, breach of contract for notice pay, failure to provide written itemised pay statements, failure to provide a written statement of employment particulars, and refusal of daily rest, weekly rest and rest breaks under the Working Time Regulations 1998 to be well-founded. Awards were made for unpaid wages and statutory sick pay totalling GBP 6,983.90 gross, holiday pay of GBP 1,084.53 gross calculated at 12.07% for an irregular hours employee, one week's notice pay of GBP 795.08, and GBP 297.34 for unnotified deductions in the 13 weeks prior to the claim.

In relation to the failure to provide a written statement of employment particulars, the tribunal found no exceptional circumstances making the higher award unjust or inequitable and awarded four weeks' gross pay (GBP 2,800) under section 38 Employment Act 2002. For the working time breaches the tribunal awarded GBP 3,000 as just and equitable compensation under regulation 30(4). Several sums are payable free of tax and national insurance as indicated in the judgment.