Claimant v Renfrew Transport Services Ltd
Outcome
Individual claims
The tribunal found that the respondent made an unauthorised deduction from the claimant's wages amounting to 54 hours of unpaid work at the gross hourly rate of £11.44. This claim succeeded on the available material as no response was presented.
The claimant was dismissed in breach of contract in respect of notice. The respondent failed to provide the contractual notice period of 8 weeks, entitling the claimant to damages for wrongful dismissal calculated at 8 weeks' gross pay.
The claimant was dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a statutory redundancy payment. The tribunal calculated this as 8 weeks' pay at the gross weekly rate of £526.24.
Facts
Mr Gibson was employed by Renfrew Transport Services Ltd and was dismissed by reason of redundancy. At the time of dismissal, he was owed 54 hours of unpaid wages at £11.44 per hour gross. His gross weekly pay was £526.24 and he was entitled to 8 weeks' notice. The respondent failed to pay notice pay or statutory redundancy payment and did not respond to the tribunal claim.
Decision
The tribunal issued a default judgment under rule 22 as no response was presented. All three claims succeeded: unlawful deduction of wages (£617.76), wrongful dismissal for failure to pay notice (£4,209.92), and statutory redundancy payment (£4,209.92), totalling £9,037.60 gross.
Practical note
Where a respondent fails to engage with tribunal proceedings, a claimant can obtain default judgment for contractual and statutory claims based on the available material without a hearing.
Award breakdown
Case details
- Case number
- 8000161/2025
- Decision date
- 4 March 2025
- Hearing type
- rule 21
- Hearing days
- —
- Classification
- default
Respondent
- Sector
- transport
- Represented
- No
Employment details
Claimant representation
- Represented
- No