Simone Torri v Ay Pub Ltd — 2021

Employment Judge Housego heard the case at East London Hearing Centre by Cloud Video Platform on 7 December 2021. The claimant, Simone Torri, appeared in person and the respondent, Ay Pub Ltd, was represented by its director, Ahmet Mehkli. The judgment records that the claimant was not provided with a contract of employment and that the respondent was ordered to pay £400, described in the reasons as two weeks' pay, which the statute says is the amount to be ordered.

The reasons state that Mr Mekhli said Mr Torri had not transferred to the respondent because he had left the pub before the business was taken over, so a new contract should have been issued when he was taken on again on 5 March 2020, but had not been. On that basis, the tribunal made the order for £400 in respect of the absence of a contract.

The remaining claims were dismissed. The reasons identify them as a claim for a week in hand and a claim for deduction from wages for rent for a room at the pub. Both were dismissed for want of evidence, with the tribunal noting that there was only assertion. The reasons also record that Mr Torri agreed he was hourly paid and on a zero hours contract, and that it was inherently unlikely he would have been earning £450 per week, which he said he had earned with the previous owners.