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An engineering firm has been ordered to pay almost £7,000 to a former employee for failing to provide pay slips and unlawfully deducting tax and social security from his wages.
Paul Drake worked for AMG Civil Engineering from January 2023 until March 2024 as a shuttering carpenter.
Last week, the Employment and Discrimination Tribunal heard that Mr Drake did not receive any pay slips throughout his 14-month employment.
He also never received a contract of employment from the company.
When Mr Drake initially started working for AMG Civil Engineering, the firm used a third party to assist with processing the payroll.
However, this ended in September 2023.
The tribunal found that, since then, tax and social security contributions had been deducted from the Mr Drake's wages but had not been remitted to Revenue Jersey.
AMG Civil Engineering did not respond to Mr Drake's request for repayment of the unlawful deductions and compensation for no pay slips.
The firm also did not send a representative to attend the tribunal hearing.
Mr Drake calculated that, since September 2023, a total of £3,343.62 had been unlawfully deducted from his wages.
The tribunal therefore awarded him this amount in damages.
The carpenter also sought compensation for the lack of pay slips.
The tribunal found that the failure to provide pay slips was "persistent" at AMG Civil Engineering, and "there is no evidence of any procedures being put in place to comply with the law on pay slips".
AMG Civil Engineering "provided no reason for the breach", and the tribunal found that the impact on Mr Drake has been "severe".
The tribunal therefore awarded Mr Drake the maximum compensation for a failure to provide pay slips, which amounted to £3,600.
AMG Civil Engineering was ordered to pay a total of £6,943.62 to Mr Drake.
The full judgment can be found online.
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