Mr Eddie Parker v Bupa Occupational Health Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING — 2025

At a preliminary hearing before Employment Judge Loraine, the Tribunal considered a series of complaints brought by Mr Eddie Parker against Bupa Occupational Health Limited concerning unauthorised deductions from wages and parallel breach of contract complaints. The Tribunal found that complaints relating to business and travel expenses, an unpaid bonus, reimbursement for a private medical insurance policy, and deductions for benefit in kind taxation related to private medical insurance were not well-founded and were dismissed.

The Tribunal upheld the complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages in respect of a retained salary payment, finding that the Respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from the Claimant's final pay in June 2024 in the sum of £797.10. By agreement, the complaint relating to holiday pay was also well-founded and succeeded, with the parties agreeing a day's pay of £232.04 and that £964.52 would be paid less necessary tax and NI deductions.

The Tribunal ordered the Respondent to pay the Claimant £1,761.62 as the total gross sum deducted, with the Claimant responsible for any tax or National Insurance as appropriate. The parallel breach of contract complaints in respect of the retained salary and holiday pay were dismissed because those claims had succeeded under s.13, and the remaining breach of contract complaints were dismissed as not well-founded.