In person on 7 October 2024 and represented by her partner, Mr T Collins, on 11 December 2024 For the v Ms N Lakhani, HR Manager — 2025

The claimant, Miss Jamie Wills, resigned on 22 June 2023 giving eight weeks' notice to 17 August 2023. After exchanges in July 2023 about the grievance outcome and the ending of her employment, the tribunal recorded that the disability discrimination claim had already been withdrawn and dismissed on withdrawal at a preliminary hearing on 15 April 2024, leaving the contractual and wages claims for determination.

On the notice-pay dispute, the tribunal found that the respondent had not proved an agreement that the claimant's employment would end on 20 July 2023. It considered the Slack messages of 6, 7 and 11 July 2023, the early morning email of 12 July 2023 asserting that the shortened notice period had been agreed, and the later responses from the claimant. The tribunal held that those materials did not establish a binding agreement to shorten the notice period, and it awarded four weeks' notice pay of £2,071.32 gross.

On the wages claim, the tribunal held that the claimant remained entitled to salary to 20 July 2023 and that no one had told her she would lose pay if she was not required to attend on 8 July 2023. It noted that clause 4 of the contract did not make payment conditional on actual hours worked. On that basis, the tribunal found that the claimant had been underpaid in her final salary by £129.40, calculated by reference to entitlement of £1,479.45 for 20 days in July 2023 and payment of £1,350.05.

The reference claim failed. The tribunal accepted that the respondent had said it would provide a reference, but held that there was no consideration for any separate binding promise to do so, so the assurance was non-contractual. It therefore dismissed the claim for a week's pay said to have been lost because the reference was not provided. The tribunal's total award was £2,200.72 gross, subject to deductions for tax and national insurance.