Miss L Blagbrough v The Bridgehouse Pub Company Limited Heard on 23 July 2020 This has been a remote hearing, by CVP (V): A hearing in person was not practicable because of the present restrictions due to Covid 19. — 2020

Miss L Blagbrough had worked for Well Fed Pub Co Ltd on average 47.5 hours a week at a salary of £20,000, equivalent to £8.09 per hour, before the business transferred to The Bridgehouse Pub Company Limited in September 2019. The parties later agreed on 6 February 2020 that her weekly hours would reduce to 20 from the end of her sick leave on 11 February 2020, but there was no change to her hourly rate, which remained £8.09.

The tribunal found that the respondent made unauthorised deductions from wages totalling £610.98 between 11 February 2020 and 23 July 2020. That total consisted of £485.40 for three weeks' wages from 11 February to 1 March 2020, £7.02 for a shortfall in the week of 15 March 2020 where the claimant was paid £7.70 per hour instead of her contractual £8.09, and £118.56 for a shortfall in furlough pay over 19 weeks between 2 March and 23 July 2020, excluding the week of 15 March.

The tribunal also found that the respondent had failed to provide the claimant with a written statement of particulars and a statement of changes under sections 1 and 4 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It awarded £323.60, representing two weeks' pay, and recorded that there were no exceptional circumstances making it unjust or inequitable to make that award. The overall sum payable was therefore £934.58.