P Watkins v UHP Systems Ltd: 6012681/2024
JUDGMENT
[1]The complaint of unfair dismissal is made out and succeeds.[2]The Respondent must pay the Claimant the sum of £44,784.751, calculated as follows: £ 2.1. Basic award 1,400.00 2.2. Compensatory award: 2.2.1. Loss of earnings 28/6/24 – 15/9/24 9,350.00 2.2.2. Loss of earnings 16/9/24 – 04/4/25 13,106.84 2.2.3. Loss of earnings 05/4/25 – 04/10/25 11,750.96 2.2.4. Loss of statutory rights 500.00 2.3. ACAS uplift (25% of compensatory award) 6,339.45 Total 44,784.75 1 The total award announced at the hearing on 4 April 2025 (£33,097.25) was incorrect, as follows:• The award for loss of earnings at Paragraph 2.2.1 (£9,350.00) was announced but then omitted from the final calculation of the compensatory award;• As a result, the 25% ACAS uplift calculation was incorrect, as it was not applied to the award of £9,350.00 for loss of earnings. - 1 -[3]The Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseeker’s Allowance & Income Support) Regulations 1996 apply and attention is drawn to both the following paragraph and the Annex to this judgment.[4]The total monetary award made to the Claimant is £44,784.75. The prescribed element is £9,350.00. The dates of the period to which the prescribed element is attributable are 28 June 2024 to 15 September 2024. The monetary award exceeds the prescribed element by £35,434.75. Approved by: