Savour Bakery Cafe & Patisserie Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: K Hofberg Respondent: Savour Bakery Café & Patisserie Limited JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 22 OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS RULES OF PROCEDURE 2024 (1) The claim for notice pay (breach of contract) is well founded and succeeds. The Respondent is ordered to pay the Claimant damages of £1,489.62. (2) The claim for unlawful deduction of wages (arrears of pay) is well founded and succeeds. The Respondent is ordered to pay the Claimant the gross sum of £12.92. (3) The claim for payment of holiday pay outstanding on termination of employment under regulation 30 Working Time Regulations 1998 is well founded and succeeds. The Respondent is ordered to pay the Claimant the gross sum of £199. (4) The total amount to be paid to the Claimant is £1,701.54 REASONS 1. The Claimant presented an ET1 against the Respondent on 29 May 2025. A Response was due by 02 July 2025 but none was returned. On 17 July 2025, Judge Arullendran directed that the ET1 be reserved as she was not satisfied the claim had been served at the correct address. The Registered office address on the ET1 was amended to 207 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead. The Respondent was then given until 21 August 2025 to return a Response. None was returned. 2. The Claimant claimed that he was owed: a. Notice pay, b. Holiday pay and c. Arrears of pay 3. Under rule 22 of the Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2024 where on the expiry of the time limit in rule 17 no response has been presented and no application for a reconsideration is outstanding, an employment Judge must decide whether on the available material, a determination can properly be made of the claim or part of it. If there is, the judge must issue a judgment, otherwise a hearing must be fixed before a judge alone. 4. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as front of house staff from 09 December 2024 to 17 April 2025. 5. His contract of employment...