In person For the v Respondent — 2023

The claimant, Miss Daniella G Piccione, was employed by Layla’s Lengths Limited from 12 September 2020 until 6 February 2023. The tribunal recorded that she was dismissed by text message and later by email. The respondent did not attend the hearing and there was no representation for it, so the claimant’s evidence was accepted.

The tribunal found that the claimant was unfairly dismissed. It accepted her evidence about the events of 5 and 6 February 2023, including the agreement for a half day on 6 February, the exchange about access to the premises, the later telephone argument, and the dismissal later that day. On that basis, the claim for unfair dismissal succeeded.

On remedy, the tribunal awarded a basic award of £862 and a compensatory award of £3,560, calculated as 12 weeks’ pay less two weeks’ pay in lieu of notice. The tribunal found that the claimant had worked for two months part time in a tanning salon while looking for work and later found work in July, and it assessed loss by reference to 10 weeks at her previous weekly pay of £356.

The tribunal also found that the claimant had not been paid her week in hand and awarded £356 for that item. The claims for unpaid holiday pay and unpaid pension contributions had been paid and were dismissed on withdrawal. The total award payable was £4,778.