Claimant v Rekdi Pani Puri Ltd

The tribunal found the claimant was employed by the second respondent and worked 15 hours per day from 13 February to 21 May 2024. The second respondent failed to pay the National Minimum Wage (£10.42 until 31 March, £11.44 thereafter) and made an unauthorised deduction of £170 for another employee's stolen mobile. The claimant should have earned £15,926.10 gross but was only paid £5,310.00, resulting in unlawful deductions.

The second respondent failed to give the claimant a written statement of particulars of employment as required by law. The tribunal awarded four weeks' pay at the statutory cap of £700 per week, totalling £2,800.00, as compensation for this breach.

The claimant confirmed at the hearing that she was not bringing a protected disclosure (whistleblowing) claim, and this claim was therefore dismissed.

The claim for detriment for making a protected disclosure was dismissed as the claimant confirmed she was not pursuing the underlying whistleblowing claim.

The tribunal explained that the claimant could not bring a redundancy payment claim as she had less than two years' continuous employment, which is the qualifying period for statutory redundancy pay. The claim was therefore dismissed.