Papa Johns employee sacked after insisting on paying tax

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A Papa Johns store manager has won an employment tribunal after being dismissed for insisting his employer paid his tax contributions to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and provided him with genuine payslips.Ashwani Kumar, who worked at an independently operated Papa Johns franchise in Harlow, Essex, was dismissed after refusing to accept cash-in-hand wages and demanding that income tax and National Insurance contributions were properly deducted and paid to HMRC.An employment tribunal found the franchise owners, EEM London, EEM Holdings and owner Abdul Sattar Askar, had provided Mr Kumar with fraudulent payslips while failing to pay the deducted tax and National Insurance contributions to HMRC.The tribunal ruled that Mr Kumar had been automatically unfairly dismissed and found in his favour on all claims.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Kumar joined the Essex branch in February 2023, when he was asked to accept cash payments instead of formal wages.He refused and insisted that tax...

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