Mr Yat Hang Yau v Hoja Restarurants Limited — 2025

Employment Judge Emery, sitting alone at London Central by CVP on 17 April 2025, determined four complaints brought by Mr Yat Hang Yau against Hoja Restarurants Limited. The respondent did not attend. The tribunal found that the respondent had made an unauthorised deduction from the claimant's wages by failing to pay his entitlement to tips and service charge between 1 July 2023 and 9 June 2024, and ordered payment of £1,772.58 gross. The tribunal also upheld a breach of contract complaint in relation to notice pay and awarded £230.00, calculated on a gross basis to reflect the likely treatment as Post Employment Notice Pay.

The tribunal further found that the respondent had failed to pay the claimant for holiday accrued but not taken at the end of his employment, treating this as an unauthorised deduction, and ordered payment of £885.50. Under section 163 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the tribunal determined that the claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment of £690.00.

The claimant is responsible for any tax or National Insurance due on the wages and holiday pay sums. The judgment was approved on 14 May 2025 and sent to the parties on 16 May 2025.