Outcome
Individual claims
The tribunal found that the respondents paid the claimant wages below the applicable rate of the national minimum wage and awarded £64.43 representing the underpayment.
All other claims by the claimant in respect of wages beyond the national minimum wage underpayment were not made out and dismissed by the tribunal.
Facts
The claimant, Mr A Macmillan, worked for Quantum Theatre and brought claims against three respondents including two individuals, Jessica Selous and Michael Whitmore. He alleged he had been paid below the national minimum wage and brought other wage-related claims. The matter proceeded to a full merits hearing before Employment Judge Morton.
Decision
The tribunal found that the claimant succeeded in his national minimum wage claim, awarding £64.43 representing the shortfall between what he was paid and the applicable minimum wage rate. All other wage-related claims were dismissed as not made out.
Practical note
Even small underpayments of the national minimum wage create enforceable statutory entitlements, though other wage claims require proper evidential foundation to succeed.
Award breakdown
Case details
- Case number
- 2307647/2023
- Decision date
- 9 January 2025
- Hearing type
- full merits
- Hearing days
- 1
- Classification
- contested
Respondent
- Name
- Jessica Selous
- Sector
- media
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- lay rep
Claimant representation
- Represented
- Yes
- Rep type
- union