Mr K Allen v DCS Logistics: 3331472/2018
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimant is awarded the sum of £2551.75 in respect of the respondent’s unauthorised deduction from his wages contrary to s.13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.REASONS
[1]The claimant appeared today before me in person but the respondent did not appear.[2]In the claim form Mr Allen, the claimant, claimed the total amount by way of unauthorised deduction of wages of £3341.00. Before me today he produced various calculations and invoices and reduced his claim to £2551.75.[3]Apart from two sums of £183.00 and £382.00 (in respect of which the claimant says his calculations give credit) the bulk of the sums withheld from the claimant appeared on the face of the Response to arise from a deduction arising out of what was described as two “fault accidents” by the claimant. They have not produced any documentation or evidence to justify those deductions.[4]The claimant gave evidence verifying the total amount of £2551.75 and his calculations are summarised in the schedule to this judgment. The Case Number: 3331472/2018 claimant’s evidence was that for the first two days of training for his job as parcel courier a training fee of £130.00 per day was paid to him and he continued then to earn £130.00 per day until 17 April. Thereafter from 18 April until the end of his employment on 17 May 2018 he was paid a parcel rate of £1 per parcel delivered. His calculations on this basis are set out in his schedule attached.