Claimant v IANS Domiciliary Care Limited
Outcome
Individual claims
The tribunal found the complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages well-founded. The respondent made an unauthorised deduction from the claimant's wages and was ordered to pay the claimant the amount deducted plus compensation for financial loss attributable to the deduction.
Facts
Mr Belmes brought a claim for unauthorised deductions from wages against his former employer, a domiciliary care company. The respondent did not attend or participate in the hearing. The tribunal heard evidence from the claimant in person and considered his claim on the merits.
Decision
Employment Judge Anstis found the claim well-founded. The respondent was ordered to pay £2,056.06 representing the unauthorised deduction from wages, plus a further £197.51 to compensate the claimant for financial loss attributable to that deduction.
Practical note
Employers in the domiciliary care sector who fail to defend wage deduction claims risk default judgments requiring payment of the full amount withheld plus consequential financial losses.
Award breakdown
Case details
- Case number
- 3313463/2023
- Decision date
- 30 June 2025
- Hearing type
- full merits
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Sector
- healthcare
- Represented
- No
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No