Ms Jolanta Ozga v The Highland Laundry Room Ltd and 1 other — 2026

Ms Jolanta Ozga began work for The Highland Laundry Room Ltd on 9 April 2024 as a Laundry Assistant. At the final hearing on 30 January 2026 she withdrew the direct race discrimination claim, so that claim and the claim against Mr Neil Forbes fell away. The tribunal also recorded that complaints about the P45 termination date and pension information were outside its jurisdiction.

The tribunal found that no written statement of particulars of employment had ever been provided. It rejected the respondent's position that part-time workers or employees thought to be in a probationary period were not entitled to one, found the omission was not merely technical, and held that section 38 of the Employment Act 2002 was engaged. Using average gross pay of £820 per month, or £189.23 per week, it awarded four weeks' pay, amounting to £756.92.

The payslip claim under section 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 failed because the tribunal found the payslips were provided with the relevant payments. The unlawful deductions claim succeeded: the tribunal found the claimant resigned on 17 July 2024 with effect from 26 July 2024, that July wages were not paid until 2 August 2024, and that accrued holiday pay was not paid until 25 October 2024. It treated both late payments as deductions under section 13(3), awarded £50 for financial loss under section 24(2), and stated the total award was £806.92.