Ms D Fraser v Call-in Homecare Limited — 2024

The claimant, Ms D Fraser, attended the hearing on 15 April 2025. The respondent did not attend, was not represented, and had not responded to the tribunal's attempt to confirm readiness for hearing. The tribunal was satisfied that the respondent had been given adequate opportunity to attend or explain its absence and proceeded under rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024.

The tribunal referred to an oral liability judgment in which it had already found that the claimant had been unfairly dismissed. It accepted that the claimant had received full payment of wages and accrued holiday pay, so no award was made in respect of those matters.

Compensation was then calculated. The basic award was assessed by reference to the claimant's age at dismissal, 41, her two complete years of service, and her gross weekly pay of £636, producing a basic award of £1,272.00.

The compensatory award reflected financial loss. The tribunal calculated a net weekly loss of £504.02 from 17 August 2024, applied that for 12 weeks and one day until the claimant started work with a new employer, and deducted £1,726.42 of benefits received, leaving £4,393.82. It then awarded a further £1,521.52 for eight weeks of ongoing loss in the new role, where the claimant was only guaranteed 33 hours per week compared with an average of 53 hours with the respondent, giving a compensatory award of £5,915.34. The total award ordered was £7,187.34.