Employment Tribunal decisions and outcome patterns in the Hospitality & Catering sector from the last 12 months.
Final Hospitality & Catering decisions with at least one determined claim.
Proportion of cases won or split/upheld in our database.
Cases lost or struck out due to procedural/jurisdictional issues.
Showing 27 cases from the last 2 months.
Browse the latest published decisions for employers represented in this sector sample.
Claimant had less than two years' service and did not qualify for unfair dismissal, with no exceptions, so the claim had no reasonable prospect of success.
Reference: 6000599/2026
The Tribunal ordered the respondent to pay the claimant £2,258, indicating the claimant succeeded in their claim.
Reference: 6042653/2025
All remaining claims were dismissed at the full merits hearing, and parts of the claim had been struck out earlier.
Reference: 3301811/2023
The claimant's complaints were dismissed because the employer had effectively provided payslips via a digital link (constructive giving) and the holiday pay was fully paid after termination, so no unlawful deduction remained.
Reference: 6002451/2026
The respondent failed to respond to the claim and the evidence submitted by the claimant showed that the employer made unauthorised deductions from wages and breached the contract of employment regarding notice pay.
Reference: 4100396/2026
All claims were struck out because they had no reasonable prospect of success or the claimants failed to comply with orders to properly particularise their claims.
Reference: 3205774/2022
The claimant failed to prove she was disabled during the relevant period, so her disability discrimination claim was dismissed; the sexual harassment claim remains undetermined.
Reference: 4103805/2025
All claims were either struck out for procedural non-compliance or dismissed as out of time and/or not well-founded on the merits.
Reference: 2409694/2023
The claimant lost all claims: the first respondent lacked knowledge of disability and the challenged acts were not because of disability, while the second respondent was not a principal/agent/employer and the tribunal had no jurisdiction.
Reference: 6009133/2024
The claimant succeeded in all claims for unpaid wages, holiday pay, breach of contract for notice and expenses.
Reference: 6032235/2025
The claims were presented outside the applicable statutory time limits and no extension was granted, and the claimant lacked sufficient service for an unfair dismissal claim.
Reference: 2313872/2024
The claimant won on unfair dismissal, holiday pay, notice pay, and failure to provide written particulars/pay statements, but lost on NMW underpayment and pension contribution claims.
Reference: 8002994/2025
The claimant succeeded in her claims against the fourth respondent for unfair dismissal, unauthorised deductions, unpaid pension, holiday pay, and failure to provide a statement, but her claims against the other respondents were dismissed.
Reference: 3300036/2025
All claims were dismissed because the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction as the claimant was not an employee or worker.
Reference: 6015981/2025
The unfair dismissal claim was struck out for lack of qualifying service, but the wrongful dismissal, unauthorised deduction from wages (tips), and failure to provide written particulars claims all succeeded.
Reference: 6015161/2025
The tribunal found the complaint of direct age discrimination was not well-founded and dismissed it.
Reference: 2406708/2024
All claims were dismissed or withdrawn, resulting in no award.
Reference: 3201953/2023
The claimant succeeded in having two claims (unfair dismissal for whistleblowing and one detriment claim) ruled in time, but lost two other claims (NMW and another detriment) which were dismissed as out of time.
Reference: 6012068/2025
The claimant succeeded against the employer on unpaid wages, holiday pay, notice pay and pension contributions, but the claims against the individual respondents were struck out as they were not the employer.
Reference: 6040979/2025
All three claims were dismissed on the merits: the claimant was not denied rest breaks, the employer made out the statutory defence to harassment, and there was no repudiatory breach causing the resignation.
Reference: 6008264/2024
The respondent failed to pay the claimant for 14.48 hours of accrued but untaken annual leave at termination, amounting to an unauthorised deduction.
Reference: 6003949/2026
The claimant succeeded in proving that the respondent made unauthorised deductions from wages and failed to pay holiday pay on termination.
Reference: 2501103/2025
The claimant succeeded on both claims for unpaid wages and holiday pay, with the respondent failing to attend or contest the proceedings.
Reference: 2501102/2025
The claim was dismissed because the claimant failed to attend the final hearing without good reason and did not comply with tribunal orders.
Reference: 6005766/2024
The wrongful dismissal claim succeeded because four weeks of notice pay remained unpaid, while the unfair dismissal claim was dismissed because Harrods had a genuine belief in misconduct following a reasonable investigation and dismissal fell within the range of reasonable responses.
Reference: 6005182/2025
The respondent was not entitled to require the claimant to take annual leave during his notice period without giving the statutory notice under Regulation 15, and the contractual clause did not displace that requirement.
Reference: 6039450/2025
The claimant succeeded in claims of pregnancy discrimination, victimisation, breach of contract and holiday pay, but failed on statutory sick pay.
Reference: 3300939/2025
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