Mr L Sayers v B.S. Steels Limited (in Administration) — 2025

The claimant, Mr L Sayers, had started employment on 31 August 2020 and the effective date of termination was 17 July 2024. The hearing was held at Exeter by CVP on 3 April 2025 before Employment Judge Volkmer, and the respondent did not attend. The written judgment states that the complaint of unfair dismissal was well founded and is upheld.

The remedy schedule records a basic award of £3,150.00, calculated by reference to 4.5 qualifying weeks at a gross weekly pay figure of £700.00. It also records damages for wrongful dismissal of £4,012.44, based on four weeks of net weekly pay of £1,003.11.

For the compensatory award, the tribunal recorded immediate loss of £37,598.81 made up of 33.1 weeks' net earnings, loss of statutory rights, pension and bonus. That figure was then increased by £5,639.82, described as a 15% adjustment for failure by the employer to follow statutory procedures, producing a compensatory award of £43,238.63. The summary total was £50,401.07, stated to be within the compensation cap of £115,115.00, and the award was ordered to be paid within 14 days of the order being sent to the parties.