(1) Mr K Luong (2) Mr J D Long (3) Miss S H Seo (4) Miss S Zhang (5) Mrs L P Pomares (6) Mrs D Monteiro-Morales (7) Mr D O EkunweFuejo (8) Mr Y Lee v Mr R D Cafagna and 1 other — 2025

The claims in case numbers 2306502/2024 to 2306509/2024, and the separate claim number 6009178/2024 for the Fifth Claimant, were heard together in London South on 1 April 2025. The claims against Mr R D Cafagna were withdrawn and dismissed upon withdrawal. All 4 One Catering Ltd did not present a valid response in time, so Employment Judge Ramsden determined the case on the available material under Rule 22(2) of the Employment Tribunal Rules 2024. The protected disclosure complaints pleaded on the claim form were also withdrawn and dismissed upon withdrawal.

The tribunal dismissed ordinary unfair dismissal because none of the claimants had the two years' service required by section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It upheld claims for unauthorised deductions from wages under section 13 of the same Act, finding unpaid wages and service charges, and pension deductions that were not paid across to the pension scheme. It also upheld holiday pay claims under regulations 13 and 13A of the Working Time Regulations 1998 for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Claimants.

On notice pay, the First, Fifth and Seventh Claimants were not found entitled to notice because they had worked for less than a month and had no written contract of employment. The Second Claimant received one week's pay, and the Fourth and Eighth Claimants received four weeks' pay, for wrongful dismissal. The Fifth Claimant also received two weeks' pay under section 38 of the Employment Act 2002 because no statement of initial employment particulars was provided. The tribunal separately declared a breach of section 8 ERA 1996 in relation to itemised pay statements, but made no further award on that point. Because the grievance about unpaid wages had been ignored, the tribunal applied a 25% uplift under section 207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, and the total gross award was £29,464.47.