An animal charity must pay a former staff member more than £8,000 after it failed to prove that she had been paid her wages.
A respondent from Claws Rescue Hull, a charity formerly known as Not Just Pets Rescue, did not appear and was not represented at the employment tribunal.
The issue was around whether or not the claimant has been paid already for work she had undertaken from 1 January 2022 to 7 July 2022, and from 17 to 25 October 2022. She said she had not, while the charity said she had.
Ultimately, Claws Rescue Hull was ordered to pay the claimant for unauthorised deduction of wages, which amounted to £8,039.37.
The claimant was a shop assistant and carer of animals for the respondent, who had “considerable connection” with the respondent.
“In the absence of evidence that the claimant was actually paid during the relevant periods the tribunal finds that she was not. The onus of course is on the claimant to prove that she was not paid,” the employment tribunal reads.
“The tribunal found her to be a truthful witness and since the respondent chose not to produce further evidence, which they had every opportunity to do, the tribunal finds that payment was not made.”
Charity Commission data for the financial year ending September 2021 states Claws Rescue Hull had a total income of £59,879 and expenditure of £59,187, and the accounts were submitted 145 days late.
Civil Society News has yet to receive a response from the charity to its request for comment.
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