in person For the v Mr C Taylor (Director) — 2025

Employment Judge Kenward, sitting alone at Manchester by video on 27 and 28 November 2025, found that the Claimant was employed by the Respondent from 1 November 2020 to 4 August 2024. The complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded and succeeded, and the Claimant was held to be entitled to a redundancy payment of £1,678.08. Compensation for unfair dismissal was awarded in the sum of £1,028.74, with no additional basic award given that a redundancy payment had been made; the compensatory award comprised a prescribed element of £528.74 (loss of earnings from 25 August 2024 to 28 November 2025) and a non-prescribed element of £500 for loss of statutory rights.

The complaint of breach of contract in relation to notice pay was well-founded; the Respondent was ordered to pay £1,342.46 in damages, calculated on gross pay to reflect the likelihood that the Claimant would have to pay tax on it as post-employment notice pay. The Tribunal also found that the Respondent had been in breach of its duty to provide the Claimant with a written statement of employment particulars and, in accordance with section 38 of the Employment Act 2002, ordered the Respondent to pay two weeks' gross pay in the sum of £1,342.46.

The complaint in respect of holiday pay was found not to be well-founded and was dismissed. The total amount payable by the Respondent to the Claimant was recorded as £5,394.71, with the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996 applying to the prescribed element of £528.74.