No attendance or v Mr J Brandao, Owner — 2019

The claimant presented a claim on 17 September 2018 alleging that he was owed arrears of pay and other payments due to him. The respondent disputed the claim and filed documents in support of its position. The tribunal recorded that the claimant had worked for the respondent from 17 July to 3 September 2018 as a cleaner.

The hearing was listed for 26 September 2019. The claimant did not attend and was not represented. The tribunal heard evidence from Mr J Brandao, the respondent's owner, and accepted his evidence as consistent with the spreadsheet sent with the response. The tribunal also accepted that he had cross-checked the figures against other documents and relied on his own direct knowledge of the claimant's attendance at work.

The tribunal found that the claimant had not provided any evidence in support of his claim and had therefore not discharged the burden of proving it. It also accepted the respondent's case on the balance of probabilities, including Mr Brandao's view that the claimant had made an error by basing his claim on figures after deduction of Child Maintenance Agency contributions. The claim was therefore not well founded and was dismissed.