ICTS (UK) Ltd

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant Respondent Mr S. Dubrowski v I.C.T.S. (UK) Limited Heard at: Watford On: 28 February 2025 Before: Employment Judge Hunt Mr A. Kapur Mr D. Wharton Appearances For the Claimant: no attendance For the Respondent: Mr M. Ramsbottom JUDGMENT 1. The claim for an entitlement to carry forward unused annual leave from calendar year 2023 to 2024 in accordance with Regulation 13 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 is well-founded and succeeds. 2. The Respondent must pay the Claimant £424.23 in compensation. REASONS 1. Reasons for the Tribunal’s decision were given orally at the hearing of this application. Written reasons were requested at the conclusion of that hearing. The Tribunal has therefore prepared this single document including both its judgment and its reasons. Introduction and Preliminary Issues 2. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as a security agent at Heathrow airport with effect from 9 May 2023. He remains an employee, albeit he has been on sick leave since early 2024. 3. The Claimant sent his claim form to the Tribunal on 8 May 2024 (according to the stamp on the envelope), after undertaking ACAS conciliation between 19 February and 28 March 2024. Due to problems accessing documents at 2 HMCTS’ designated address for sending paper copies of claim forms, the claim form was not stamped as received by the Tribunal until 23 May 2024. 4. The claim concerns an alleged failure to permit the Claimant to carry forward his annual leave entitlement from the 2023 calendar year to 2024, contrary to Regulation 13 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (the “Regulations”). 5. The Claimant did not attend the hearing. At the time it was due to start, the Tribunal clerk called the Claimant’s phone number as indicated on the Tribunal file but received ...