A young mum has won an employment tribunal against her former boss who took 55 per cent of her earnings and failed to pay her the minimum wage before allegedly sacking her by text.
Megan Lloyd, 22, worked for six months as a beauty therapist at The Headonist in Campo Lane, Sheffield city centre, from August 2019 to February 2020.
She was a new mum having given birth to a daughter just a few months prior and was looking to earn some cash to help towards the cost of raising her baby.
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However, she ended up earning very little with the owner of the salon, Jordanna Nichols-Turley, taking 55 per cent of her earnings instead of an hourly rate before sacking her when Megan raised concerns.
Megan said in her final month she took home just £104 for four weeks’ work and she claims she was dismissed by text the day after she flagged the issue over her employment to Ms Nichols-Turley.
“I questioned me self-employment status as the owner of the salon wanted me to work all the hours on Friday and Saturday rather…
