Cafe worker wins £20,000 after being made to work with the door open in winter
A Cheesecake Cafe employee won more than £ 20,000 after the work complained about the cold.
Leila Ayad, who was scrambled in Covent Garden, London, claimed that its executives insisted on leaving the door open to encourage customers inside.
However, since the door was left open even in winter, the temperatures in the café fell to 12C – so An Employment Court, the health and security manager, the guidance that proposes temperatures in the workplace must be a minimum of 16C.
Ms. Ayad was told that she would wear “three layers and thermal vests ve and the staff could not use electric heater to stay warm.
When the company complained that the WhatsApp group was “difficult to work at the cold temperatures, its watches decreased and then fired.
The part -time store assistant worked in the café between May 2023 and April 2024 and was currently awarded £ 21,553,51 in the compensation after filed a lawsuit for success.
Employment Judge Jillian Brown said Mrs. Ayad thought that “health and safety is reasonable in the belief that it is in danger”.
After talking to his manager – it was seen only in court documents called Elijah Independent – In good conditions, Mrs. Ayad, including owners and staff, including the company group conversation, said the shop has cooled too much.
On November 29, 2023, he wrote: “Hey nation.
“Please rethink because it was very cold today and it is difficult to work like this. I was also wearing three floors and thermal vests.”
Alice Churchill, a whipped co -founder, replied to her message, explaining when they had a heater, “Someone left with a piece of paper overnight and as a result the shop almost burned”.
Ms. Ayad insisted that the staff would be “responsible ve and added that the shop was 12C and that the personnel were“ constant cold ”.
The following month, Mrs. Ayad chatted to the manager in the staff group: ım I have heard that the working environment should be above 16 degrees in terms of health and safety. ”
Later on that day, Mrs. Churchill wrote that a heater was ordered in the group conversation.
In January, Ms. Ayad was called by Ms. Churchill’s husband and founding partner Jamie Musilek, and was accused of being late for work, getting a scattered warehouse and “criticizing her and her wife at the staff Christmas party.
After the meeting, the hours decreased and this was said to be because of the lack of existing hours. However, the court found that this was not the case.
In April, Mrs. Ayad was expelled by E -Posta and no unpaid fee or holiday fee was paid. His boss said that his work did not develop after official warnings about “bad time holding, role and respect for the role and respect for the team and workplace”.
Judge Brown found that Mrs. Ayad’s comments were for the benefit of all employees .. The judge said that Ms. Ayad was unjustly rejected because of “protected explanations” about the temperature of the café. Other allegations, including incorrect dismissal and not paying the notification fee, were also successful.
In June this year, the whipped café was closed and the parent company WL was liquidated.
