Great Worqs Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation)

Case Summary

Ms N Mcallan was summarily dismissed on 25 January 2024 after 2 years of employment without notice or payment. The tribunal found unfair dismissal and awarded compensatory damages including unpaid wages, bonus, notice pay, holiday pay, and unlawful pension deductions. The respondent company was in voluntary liquidation and did not attend the hearing.

The tribunal found the claimant was summarily dismissed without notice despite being contractually entitled to one month of notice, and had earned 2 years of qualifying service for unfair dismissal protection. The respondent failed to pay the claimant's notice pay, accrued wages, bonus, holiday entitlement, and unlawfully deducted pension contributions without paying them to the pension scheme.

• •Unfair dismissal - summary dismissal without notice
• •Wrongful dismissal and breach of contract - failure to pay notice pay
• •Unpaid wages for period 1 January 2024 to 25 January 2024
• •Unpaid bonus entitlement
• •Accrued holiday pay
• •Unlawful deduction from wages - employee pension contributions not paid to pension scheme

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Ms N Mcallan Respondent: Great Worqs Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) Heard at: East London Hearing Centre On: 10 February 2026 Before: Employment Judge W A Allen KC Appearances For the claimant: In person For the respondent: No attendance JUDGMENT 1. The Claimant’s claims succeed for: 1.1 Unfair dismissal for which the Respondent must pay the Claimant: 1.1.1 the basic award (which is calculated in the same way as a redundancy payment) of £1,286. 1.1.2 The compensatory award comprising the following elements: 1.1.2.1 unpaid wages for the period to 7 March 2024 of £3,504.36 net 1.1.2.2 unpaid bonus entitlement of £787.50 net 1.1.2.3 Loss of statutory rights in the sum of £500. 1.2 Wrongful dismissal / breach of contract / failure to pay notice pay for which the Respondent must pay the Claimant £2,530.92 net. 1.3 Unpaid wages for the period 1 January 2024 to 25 January 2024 for which the Respondent must pay the Claimant £1,768.60 net. 1.4 1.03 days of accrued holiday pay at the date of dismissal for which the Respondent must pay the Claimant £120.10 net. 2 1.5 Unlawful deduction from wages in relation to employee pension payments for which the Respondent must pay the Claimant £1,234.06. 2. The total sum which the Respondent must pay to the Claimant is £11,731.54. 3. The Claimant did not claim benefits during the relevant period. REASONS 1. Following a period of Acas early conciliation between 1 February 2024 and 21 February 2024, the Claimant’s claim form was presented on 21 February 2024. Her claim as articulated in her ET1 claim form is for: 1.1 Unfair dismissal 1.2 Redundancy pay 1.3 Notice pay (breach of contract / wrongful dismissal) 1.4 Unpaid accrued holiday entitlement 1.5 Unpaid wages 1 January 2024 to 25 January 2024 1.6 Unpaid bonus of £1,125 1.7 Unlawful deduction from wages relating to employee pension contributions d…