The Claimant was awarded just over £200 based on his unlawful deduction claims. He complained to the EAT that the ACAS uplift should have been applied and that he should have been awarded 2 or 4 weeks pay because he had not received a contract of employment.

The EAT dismissed the appeal. As to the ACAS uplift, the ET’s reasoning, whilst brief, was nevertheless sufficient in that it had concluded that there was no non-compliance by the Respondent – and the Claimant had failed to identify any. As to the contract of employment, this had in fact been given to the Claimant at the time that his employment had transferred to the Respondent in 2014 and so the latter was not in breach of its duty at the time that the claim was issued. The ET had also properly addressed the elements of the various unlawful deduction claims that the Claimant had brought and had accepted the Respondent’s analysis of the sums that were due to him.