Mrs J Maglione v IELTS Medical Ltd: 3328345/2017
JUDGMENT
The complaint of unlawful deduction from wages succeeds. The respondent is ordered to pay compensation to the claimant in the sum of £117.00.REASONS
[1]The claimant commenced employment with the respondent on 19 August 2017, as a tutor, and was employed to 30 August 2017.[2]It was a term of the contract that the claimant was paid £22.50 per class taught. Classes were of the duration of one hour 15 minutes[3]The claimant worked the following classes: 19 August; 1 class, 21 August; 1 class, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 and 30 August; 2 classes respectively each day. A total of 14 classes.[4]The claimant having worked 14 classes at the rate of £22.50, was entitled to a wage of £315.00.[5]On 31 August 2017, the respondent paid the claimant the sum of £198.00.[6]There is a difference between the sum to which the claimant was entitled and the payment received of £117.00. Case Number: 3328345/2017[7]The respondent failed to pay the claimant the sum of £117.00, which was payable as wages in respect of work performed between 19 August and 30 August 2017.[8]The respondent’s failure to pay that sum to the claimant was an unlawful deduction from the claimant’s wages contrary to section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.[9]The respondent is accordingly ordered to pay compensation to the claimant in the sum of £117.00.