Sector Report
Hospitality & Catering Tribunal Data Analysis
Latest legal precedents and outcome patterns in the Hospitality & Catering sector based on our 12-month database analysis.
166Cases Analysed (Last 12 Months)
Historical Hospitality & Catering decisions from our database catalog.
56%Success Factor
Proportion of claims won or split/upheld in our database.
44%Dismissal Rate
Claims lost or struck out due to procedural/jurisdictional issues.
↑ Strongest IndicatorUnpaid wages (100% Success)
↓ Weakest IndicatorUnfair dismissal (25% Success)
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Showing 12 cases from the last 2 months.
6017833/2025 • 5 Mar 2026
struck_out
The claim was struck out because the claimant did not respond to Tribunal requests or make any representations, indicating the claim was not being actively pursued.
Legal Issues (2)
- Procedural non‑compliance – failure to actively pursue the claim and to make representations
- leading to a strike‑out under Tribunal rules.
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6010655/2025 • 21 Feb 2026
struck_out
The claim was struck out because the claimant did not respond to the Tribunal’s warning and had caused inordinate delay, breaching Rule 38.
Legal Issues (2)
- Application of Rule 38 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 to strike out a claim for failure to actively pursue it and the risk of unfair trial due to delay
- in line with the overriding objective in Rule 3.
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2309310/2025 • 20 Feb 2026
lost
The claimant failed to demonstrate that she was owed any holiday pay.
Legal Issues (2)
- Whether the claimant was entitled to holiday pay and the calculation of the respondent's counterclaim for wage overpayment
- offset by unpaid tips.
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2301428/2022 • 16 Feb 2026
lost
The tribunal dismissed the unfair dismissal claim as not well founded and struck out the discrimination and victimisation claims because the claimant failed to pay the required deposit.
Legal Issues (1)
- Unfair dismissal under the Employment Rights Act 1996; discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and victimisation under the Equality Act 2010; procedural issue of non‑payment of a Rule 39 deposit leading to strike‑out of claims.
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6001824/2025 • 12 Feb 2026
split
The unfair dismissal claim was struck out for lack of the required two‑year service, but the claim for unauthorised wage deductions succeeded.
Legal Issues (1)
- Eligibility for an unfair dismissal claim under ERA 1996 s108 (two‑year qualifying service) and the prohibition on unauthorised wage deductions under employment law.
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8001581/2025 • 11 Feb 2026
won
The tribunal found the claimant was entitled to statutory notice, redundancy and holiday pay which the employer had not paid.
Legal Issues (2)
- Statutory entitlement to notice pay
- redundancy payment and accrued holiday pay under the Employment Rights Act 1996.
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6006391/2025 • 9 Feb 2026
struck_out
The claim was struck out because the claimant did not comply with case management orders or actively pursue the claim and failed to respond to the Tribunal’s warning.
Legal Issues (1)
- Non‑compliance with Tribunal case management orders; failure to actively pursue the claim; application of Employment Tribunal Rule 38 to strike out a claim.
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8001534/2024 • 5 Feb 2026
split
The employer failed to provide the statutory written statement of particulars and made unlawful deductions from the claimant’s wages, so those claims succeeded while the discrimination and payslip claims were dismissed.
Legal Issues (1)
- Whether the employer breached sections 1‑4 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 by failing to provide a written statement of particulars; whether section 8 (payslip) was breached; whether section 13 (unauthorised deductions) was breached; and the appropriate remedies for any breaches.
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1602760/24 • 4 Feb 2026
won
The tribunal found that the respondents harassed and discriminated against the claimants on the basis of religion and race, failed to pay statutory entitlements and made unauthorised deductions, amounting to constructive discriminatory dismissal.
Legal Issues (7)
- Harassment (religion/belief and race)
- direct discrimination
- constructive discriminatory dismissal
- failure to pay holiday pay
- unauthorised deductions from wages
- breach of written statements of employment particulars
- failure to provide itemised pay statements.
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6023366/2025 • 3 Feb 2026
won
The Tribunal concluded that the respondent owed the claimant £460.25 for unlawful wage deductions and unpaid accrued holiday pay.
Legal Issues (1)
- Whether the deductions contravened the Employment Rights Act 1996 and whether the claimant was entitled to the accrued holiday pay.
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3304401/2025 • 30 Jan 2026
won
The respondent failed to meet the statutory consultation requirement, so the Tribunal upheld the claim and granted a protective award.
Legal Issues (2)
- Employer’s failure to comply with the statutory duty to consult under section 188 TULRCA 1992
- giving rise to a protective award for the protected period of 90 days.
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8001674/2024 • 28 Jan 2026
won
The Tribunal concluded the dismissal was automatically unfair as it was motivated by the claimant’s protected whistleblowing disclosures.
Legal Issues (2)
- Whether the dismissal was automatically unfair under the Employment Rights Act 1996 because it was for making protected disclosures (whistleblowing)
- and whether the employer had a fair reason or followed proper procedure.
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