Mr D v L de Souza Scion Interiors Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) — 2026

Mr D L de Souza said that Scion Interiors Ltd employed him as a carpenter and furniture assembler from 5 July 2023 to 17 July 2024 at £13.50 per hour. He said payments were irregular and that the accumulating unpaid amount caused him to stop working. The respondent's response stated that payment had been prepared but contact with the claimant could not be made. The Tribunal upheld the unlawful deduction from wages claim and awarded £1,241.50.

For holiday pay, the Tribunal found no evidence of an agreement permitting untaken leave to be carried forward from the leave year ending 4 July 2024, or that statutory or sick leave explained why annual leave had not been taken. Applying the Working Time Regulations to the 13 days worked in the leave year beginning 5 July 2024, it found that the claimant had accrued approximately one day's paid leave and awarded £121.50.

The Tribunal found that the claimant resigned in response to the respondent's fundamental breach of contract through non-payment of wages and was therefore dismissed. It awarded one week's notice pay of £607.50 pursuant to s.86(1)(a) Employment Rights Act 1996. The redundancy payment claim was dismissed because the claimant's employment had lasted less than two years, so he had no right to a redundancy payment under s.155 Employment Rights Act 1996. The total award was £1,970.50.