Parties settle £78 wage claim over disputed Saturday shift for £40
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Hannah Mercer said she worked six hours; Ruth Wilkes understood the shift had been cancelled. The clock-in record contained no entry for Mercer that day.
The settlement agreement
Hannah Mercer and Ruth Wilkes agreed to settle Mercer's £78 unpaid-wage claim for £40. The dispute concerned a six-hour shift that Mercer said she worked and Wilkes said she understood had been cancelled.
The case was before the Employment Tribunal, Bristol. The settlement resolves the wage claim without an admission of liability; the record does not contain a tribunal finding on whether Mercer worked the shift.
The agreed terms
The agreement provides for a £40 payment within 14 days of the written agreement. It is a full and final settlement of this wage claim only.
The terms include no admission of liability and no confidentiality provision.
The parties' positions
Mercer claimed she worked from 9 am to 3 pm on 8 February and sought £78 for the six hours. Wilkes disputed that the hours were worked, saying she understood Mercer had cancelled before the shift began.
The clock-in record had no entry for Mercer that day, although the case record also states that staff sometimes forget to clock in. The record refers to project text messages but does not describe their contents.
The background
Mercer had requested the shift, and Wilkes agreed she could cover it. Their accounts diverged over what happened afterwards.
The settlement ends this wage claim on the agreed terms, but it does not establish whether Mercer attended or worked the shift.