Mr A Cannavale v Delightfully Greek Ltd: 3311816/2022
JUDGMENT
[1]Mr Cannavale’s complaint of unauthorised deduction from wages is well founded and succeeds. Delightfully Greek Limited was not entitled to make any deduction for training costs from Mr Cannavale’s June 2022 pay. The written contract did not include a right to deduct training costs. No verbal agreement was made to allow deduction of training costs, but even if it had been, it would not have been valid because the contract said at paragraph 36 that only written changes could be made to it.[2]The respondent is ordered to pay Mr Cannavale the sum of £442.00.[3]No additional award is made in respect of a failure to comply with the Acas Code of Practice because Delightfully Greek Limited sent a reply to Mr Cannavale’s complaint letter of 14 July 2022 and, bearing in mind the size of the employer, any failures to comply with the Code were not unreasonable.