VerdeGo Timber Frames Ltd and Secretary of State for Business

Case no: 6007970/2025 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr L Kierman First Respondent: VerdeGo Timber Frames Limited Second Respondent: Secretary of State for Business (Rule 95) Heard at: Bristol (by CVP) On: 30 January 2026 Before: Employment Judge Sanger REPRESENTATION: Claimant: In person Respondent 1: Did not attend Respondent 2: Did not attend JUDGMENT The judgment of the Tribunal is as follows: Unfair Dismissal 1. The complaint of constructive unfair dismissal is well-founded. 2. The First Respondent shall pay the Claimant compensation by way of a basic award of £7,350. No compensatory award was made. Wages 3. The complaints of unauthorised deductions from wages are well-founded. Case no: 6007970/2025 2 4. The respondent made an unauthorised deduction from the claimant's wages, in the period from 1 January 23 to 7 March 23, in the sum of £16,725.00. 5. The First Respondent failed to make employee’s pension contributions in the sum of £11,250.00, that sum having been withheld from wages as salary sacrifice. 6. The first Respondent failed to pay a contractual bonus of £8,786.03 on 8 th October 2024. 7. The Claimant having received payment from the Insolvency Service in the gross sum of £5,752.00, the First Respondent will therefore pay the Claimant the gross sum of £38,359.03. Breach of contract 8. The First Respondent failed to make employer’s pension contributions in the sum of £16,875.00. The First Respondent will pay the Claimant £16,875.00. 9. The First Respondent failed to reimburse the Claimant for his reasonable business expenses. The First Respondent will pay the Claimant £801.67. Notice Pay 10. The complaint of breach of contract in relation to notice pay is dismissed upon withdrawal. EJ Sanger Employment Judge Sanger 30 January 2026 Judgment sent to the parties on 13 February 2026 Note ...