Case 6019234/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Miss Bijal Kotecha v Peepul Enterprise Limited — 2025
- Case reference
- 6019234/2024
- Decision date
- 4 December 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge New REPRESENTATION
- Venue
- Leicester
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Miss Bijal Kotecha
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningMiss Bijal Kotecha succeeded on her holiday pay complaint. The tribunal held that Peepul Enterprise Limited made an unauthorised deduction from her wages by failing to pay her for 10 days of holiday that had accrued but had not been taken when her employment ended.
The tribunal also upheld the unfair dismissal complaint. It found that the claimant was unfairly dismissed, but assessed a 75% chance that she would have been fairly dismissed in any event. On that basis, the tribunal recorded that any compensatory award would need to reflect that chance of fair dismissal.
The tribunal further found that the respondent unreasonably failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015 and said it was just and equitable to increase the compensatory award by 25% under s 207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. It made no reduction for contributory fault because it found there was no blameworthy conduct by the claimant.
A remedy hearing was listed for 7 January 2026, so the judgment did not set the final monetary award.
Claims and outcomes
2 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday pay | The tribunal found an unauthorised deduction from wages because the respondent did not pay the claimant for 10 days of holiday accrued but not taken when employment ended. | Upheld | — | — |
| Unfair dismissal | The tribunal found the claimant was unfairly dismissed, but said there was a 75% chance she would have been fairly dismissed in any event. It also found an unreasonable failure to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015 and said any compensatory award should be increased by 25% under s 207A TULR(C)A 1992; no reduction was made for contributory fault. | Upheld | — | — |
Legal tests applied
2 references- s 207A Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
- ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015
Official outcome judgment PDF
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