Today’s case is interesting in so far as the Claimant is exercising his right to make a claim to an employment tribunal with the knowledge that little if anything can be gained from it.
It is all about an itemised pay statement or lack of it - not that uncommon, particularly when workers are paid in cash.
Section 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 provides that a worker the right to be given by his employer, at or before the time at which any payment of wages or salary is made to him, a written itemised pay statement.
That’s fairly straightforward. The itemised pay statement must contain:
the gross amount of the wages or salary
the amounts of any variable, and any fixed, deductions from that gross amount and the purposes for which they are made
the net amount of wages or salary payable
where different parts of the net amount are paid in different ways, the amount and method of payment of each part-payment; and
where the amount of wages or salary varies by reference to time worked, the total number of hours worked in respect of the variable amount of wages or salary either as—
a single aggregate figure, or
separate figures for different types of work or different rates of pay.
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