G Panoudis v Mach Recruitment Ltd: 2404527/2023
JUDGMENT
[1]The claim of unfair dismissal is well-founded. The respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant a basic award in the sum of £1,404.51 and a compensatory award in the sum of £15,098.23 which comprises immediate loss of earnings of 11,578.59, together with £500.00 for loss of statutory rights and an uplift of 25%, being £3,019.64, for a complete absence of adherence to the ACAS code of practice;[2]The Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996 apply as set out in the schedule attached.[3]The respondent failed to give the claimant the required contractual 1 month’s notice of the termination of his employment and is ordered to pay the claimant damages in the sum of £1,672.99 for such default; Case Number: 2404527/2023 2[4]The respondent has failed to pay the claimant for 20 days’ accrued unused holiday entitlement, due at the termination of his employment, and is ordered to pay the claimant the net sum of £2,231.61.REASONS
[1]This is a corrected version of the Judgment dated and sent to the parties on 18 January 2024. It is corrected pursuant to rule 69 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure. In the corrected Judgment, the deletion is shown by striking through text and the insertion of the correct date is shown by underlining text.[2]The correction to the end date of the ‘Period of prescribed element’ in the Recoupment Schedule to the Judgment is to correct a typographical error in the original judgment.