Mrs A M Costa Machado v Mozza Group Ltd — 2024

The tribunal combined the two claims under Rule 29 and, because the respondent did not enter a response or appear, determined liability and remedy on the claimants' evidence and documents. It accepted that both claimants had worked for Mozza Group Ltd at the Leeds restaurant on zero-hours contracts, had been paid weekly in arrears, and were told by text on 4 March 2024 that the restaurant would close and 10 March 2024 would be the last working day.

For the first claimant, the tribunal found unpaid wages for 25 February to 2 March 2024, 3 to 9 March 2024, and 10 March 2024, and held that the respondent had not shown any statutory, contractual, or consent-based authorisation for those deductions. It also found holiday pay had accrued and remained unpaid, including sums of £296.45 and £33.14 shown on the pay documents. The tribunal awarded £625.00 gross for unlawful deductions from wages and £329.59 gross for holiday pay.

For the second claimant, the tribunal reached the same conclusion on unpaid wages for 25 February to 2 March 2024 and on holiday pay shown as £408.54 gross on the pay documents, again finding no response from the respondent and accepting her evidence as credible. Her breach of contract claim for notice pay failed for the same reason as the first claimant's: the tribunal found that one week's notice had been given on 4 March 2024 and that she worked her average weekly hours during the notice period. The tribunal therefore upheld the two wages claims and the holiday pay claim for each claimant, dismissed both notice pay claims, and ordered total gross payments of £1,728.11.