ICPS Business Management Ltd (in voluntary liquidation)

Case Summary

The claimant worked as a Sales employee from October 2014 to July 2025 and claimed unauthorised wage deductions of £11,201.39 made between January and May 2025. The respondent admitted making the deductions but claimed contractual authority to do so based on disciplinary grounds. The tribunal found the respondent failed to demonstrate a valid contractual right to withhold pay and ordered repayment of the full amount deducted.

The respondent failed to establish that the deductions were authorised by statute or contract. The disciplinary process was still ongoing when the deductions were made and had not concluded, therefore the respondent had no contractual right to withhold pay during the period January to May 2025.

• •Whether unauthorised deductions were made from wages
• •Whether deductions were authorised by contract or statute
• •Whether wages were 'properly payable' under the contract
• •Whether disciplinary process gave right to withhold pay

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