Mr A Boyne v GS Equipment Specialists (Manchester) Ltd and Stuart Irvine: 2424093/2017
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimant was employed by the first respondent not by the second respondent. All claims against Mr Irvine personally are dismissed and he is removed from the proceedings. The remainder of this judgment applies to the first respondent only.[2]The complaint of unlawful deductions from pay in respect of wages and holiday pay is well founded. The first respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant the gross sum of £3,903.80 unlawfully deducted from his pay between 1 May and 18 August 2017.[3]In addition, the first respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant the sum of £300.00 as compensation for financial losses sustained by him attributable to those unlawful deductions.[4]The complaint of unfair dismissal succeeds. The claimant was unfairly dismissed by the first respondent. The first respondent is ordered to pay the claimant a basic award of £2,616.00 and a compensatory award of £6,546.00.[5]The recoupment regulations apply. The total monetary award for unfair dismissal is £9,162.00. The prescribed period is from 18 August 2017 to 31 December 2017. The prescribed element is £6,546.00. The amount by which the total monetary award for unfair dismissal exceeds the prescribed element is £2,616.00.[6]The total amount to be paid by the first respondent to the claimant under this judgment is £13,365.80.