Mr D Miller v MF Roofing Ltd: 4100601/2026
JUDGMENT
Rule 22 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 The judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that the claim succeeds and that the respondent shall pay to the claimant:(i) a redundancy payment of £4760.00 (7 weeks x £680.00 per week);(ii) a compensatory award of £1896.00 (£162.00 x 8 weeks plus loss of statutory rights of £600)(iii) unpaid wages of £2584.00 (19 days x 8 hours per day x £17 per hour)(iv) notice pay £6120 (9 weeks x £680 per week) and pension contributions £183.60 ( £20.40 per week x 9 weeks).REASONS
[1]A copy of the claim form setting out the claimant’s complaints was sent to the respondent on 25 March 2026.[2]In accordance with terms of rule 17 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, the respondent was required to enter a response within 28 days of the date on which a copy of the claim was sent to it but failed to do so.[3]The Employment Judge decided that on the available material a determination could properly be made without a hearing as to the liability of the respondent for the claim.[4]The claimant was unfairly dismissed by the respondent and the respondent shall pay to the claimant a redundancy payment of Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Pounds (£4760.00). (7 weeks x £680 per week).[5]The respondent shall also pay to the claimant compensation for loss of wages of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Six Pounds (£1296.00) being the difference between his wages and the wages paid in his new employment (Calculated on the basis of a difference per week of £162 x 8 weeks) plus loss of statutory rights of £600..[6]The respondent having made an unauthorised deduction from wages contrary to section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is ordered to pay the claimant the gross sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty Four Pounds (£2584.00) (Calculated on the basis of 152 hours x £17 p/h).[7]The claimant was dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice and the respondent is ordered to pay damages of 9 weeks’ pay to the claimant in the gross sum of Six Thousand One Hundred and Twenty Pounds (£6,120.00) (Calculated on the basis of 9 weeks x £680 per week)[8]The respondent having failed to pay the claimant’s pension contributions for a period of 6 months is ordered to pay Three Hundred and Eighty One Pounds (£183.60) (Calculated on the basis of £20.40 employer contributions per week x 9 weeks)