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(en) Britain, solfed: Brighton hospitality worker gets £600 payout after demanding holiday pay for herself and her workmates
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Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:24:43 +0200
Brighton Hospitality Workers zero hours contract Brighton hospitality ---- One of the most
common problems faced by workers in the hospitality industry is the withdrawal of holiday
pay. In an industry dominated by zero-hour contracts, many workers and even employers are
unaware of workers' legal right to holiday pay, even when on a zero-hours contract. This
was the case for one former waitress at a cafe in the North Laine. ---- The worker had
been at the cafe for several months before even discovering, via a colleague affiliated to
SolFed, that workers on zero-hour contracts are still entitled to holiday pay proportional
to the number of hours which they work. The workers collectivised this issue and were
succesful in pushing the employer to provide all of the workers with a new contract which
stipulated that they would be entitled to holiday pay.
After some time following the signing of the new contract, the worker came to experience a
hostile work enviromnent due to the attitudes of certain collegues, and decided that she
wanted to leave her employment. It was at this point that she realised that her employer
only intended to pay her the holiday pay which she was entitled to from the point that she
had signed the new contract, some ten months after she had initially begun working there.
The employer also decided that they would work out her holiday pay according to the
minimum wage, and not the wage which she had been earning whilst working there.
The worker then brought her case to Brighton SolFed, asking for help in working out
exactly how much she was entitled to and in demanding that the employer pay it in full.
A demand letter was written up by SolFed in accordance with the worker, demanding that the
employer pay the full amount of holiday pay of over £600. The worker submitted this letter
on their own due to the complex workplace dynamic which might have seen a SolFed member
accompanying her as being overly intimidatory. Still, the worker was confident that SolFed
was there to back her up, should any issues arise.
As a business which operates in the busy North Laine, the employer clearly did not want
to endanger their business in any way and payed the amount in full under threat of
industrial action by the SolFed local.
This case clearly demonstrates both the power of collectivisation, when the workers
collectivised to demand that holiday pay be included in their contracts, and the power
that the threat of industrial action can have on a business operating in a busy area with
high visibility.
Since this case, the worker has become an active member of the local, as she wants to show
the same solidarity which was extended to her to other workers in her position.
http://www.solfed.org.uk/brighton/brighton-hospitality-worker-gets-ps600-payout-after-demanding-holiday-pay-for-herself-and
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