In person For the v The Easy Dining Group Ltd T/a Terry's Pizza — 2023

The respondent did not attend the hearing. On the claimant's evidence, the tribunal found that he started work as a pizza chef at the respondent's Richmond restaurant on 28 August 2022, that he had agreed a rate of £18 per hour with the manager known as Daniel, and that a later written contract showing £15 per hour had not varied the agreed rate by the time he left. The tribunal also accepted that the contract entitled him to one week's notice.

The tribunal found that the claimant was dismissed without notice on 14 September 2022 after being told to leave because two chefs had been recruited who were prepared to work for lower wages. It accepted that he had not been paid for the hours he had worked by the time of dismissal, that he later received £700, and that he had accrued about two days' holiday.

The remedy section awarded £938 for wages earned but not paid and £700 for holiday pay and notice pay, giving a total of £1,638. The opening judgment line records £2,064.00, but that figure is not reflected in the detailed remedy calculation set out later in the reasons and remedy section.