Miss B Curtis v Badgers Hill Farm & Cidery: 2302440/2022
JUDGMENT
Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 – Rule 21[1]The claim was issued in the Employment Tribunals on 12 August 2022. The respondent has failed to present a valid response on time. The Employment Judge has decided that a determination can properly be made of the claim, or part of it, in accordance with rule 21 of the Rules of Procedure.[2]The claim succeeds and the remedy to which the claimant is entitled will be determined at a Remedy Hearing. ________________________ Employment Judge Fowell Date: 15 May 2023 Case Number 2302440/2022 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Heard at: London South (by CVP) On: 20 May 2024 Claimant: Miss Bryony Curtis Respondent: Badgers Hill Farm Limited Before: Employment Judge O’Neill Representation: Claimant In person Respondent Did not attend and was not represented[1]An application to amend the identity of the Respondent to Badgers Hill Farm Payroll Limited is refused because that entity was listed as dormant in Companies House when the claimant’s employment commenced.[2]The Respondent’s name is amended from Badgers Hill Farm & Cidery, which is a trading name, to Badgers Hill Farm Limited company number 08594799.[3]The Respondent is not permitted to enter a response out of time and the Rule 21 Judgment of 15 May 2023 is not revoked. Case Number 2302440/2022 2[4]The Claimant’s claim for holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations is well-founded and succeeds. The Respondent made unauthorised deductions from the Claimant’s wages in the sum of £1,440. This award is made gross of tax.[5]The Respondent failed to provide the Claimant with the written particulars required by s.2 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The sum which it is just and equitable to award pursuant to s.38 Employment Act 2002 is two weeks wages, totalling £600. This award is made gross of tax.[6]The Respondent shall pay to the Claimant the total sum of £2,040 gross.