Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 70 (Feb)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Nelson J, Mr B Fitzgerald and Mr P Smith

Judgment Dates: 6 February 2003

Catchwords

Employment - Contract of employment - Remuneration - Deduction from wages - Employment tribunal finding deductions unlawful - Correctness of decision - ss 13(1)(a), 14(1).

The Case

The employer's appeal against the employment tribunal's decision to uphold the employees' complaint of an unlawful deduction from their wages pursuant to s13 of the was dismissed as, inter alia, the tribunal had not erred in law in finding that the deductions made by the employer from the employees' earnings were not authorised by a relevant provision of the employees' contracts of employment.

Practice Areas

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