Miss K Williams v Fat Lolly Sams Ltd and C Hercules: 2411053/2021
JUDGMENT
[1]The claimant’s complaint of unfair dismissal against the first respondent for asserting her statutory right to breaks under the Working Time Regulations, a statement of terms and conditions of employment, and wage slips, is well founded. The first respondent is ordered to pay the claimant the sum of £277.20 (being a compensatory award for two weeks’/60 hours’ loss of earnings from 19 July 2021, the date of her dismissal, to 2 August 2021, the date she found alternative employment).[2]The claimant’s complaint of unauthorised deduction from wages against the first respondent is well-founded. The first respondent is ordered to pay the claimant the sum of £277.20 (being monies owed for 60 hours’ unpaid work between 26 June 2022 and 19 July 2021 at the rate of £4.62 per hour).[3]The claimant’s complaint that she was not provided with a written statement of employment particulars is well founded. The first respondent is ordered to pay the claimant the sum of £277.20 (being 2 weeks’/60 hours’ wages).[4]The claimant’s complaints of direct age discrimination and harassment related to age against the first and second respondents are well-founded. The first and second respondents are ordered, on a joint and several basis, to pay the claimant the sum of £2,000 for injury to feelings plus interest in the sum of £151.67, totalling £2,151.67.[5]The recoupment provisions do not apply.