Interesting Employment Judgments released – 19.03.2018 to 25.03.2018

In the latest of our series of posts on Employment Tribunal judgments released, we examine ten Employment Tribunal judgments released in the last week (between 29 January 2018 and 4 February 2018) that our solicitors found interesting:

  1. Mr R Sumner v Cable-Tec Cables and Controls Ltd: 2600172/17 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant had been unfairly dismissed but reduced the compensatory award by 100% due to contributory fault (repeatedly flouting management instructions) (Employment Tribunal judgment)

  2. Mr A Hoggins v Recruitment Solutions (Services) Ltd: 3300172/2017 – the Employment Tribunal held that the dismissal of the Claimant (for capability reasons) was unfair, as none of the procedural requirements for a capability dismissal had been carried out. The Tribunal awarded the Claimant £21,924.36 in compensation (Employment Tribunal liability judgment, remedy judgment)
  3. Ms A Swierczynska v Kaprys Polish Delicatessen Ltd and others: 3400199/2017 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant had been subjected to a discriminatory dismissal (due to the fact that she was pregnant), awarding her £15,215 in compensation (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  4. Mr R Mohamud v JJ Food Service Ltd: 3302040/2014 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant should be awarded £35,717.70 as compensation after the Tribunal found that he had been victimised by the Respondent (Employment Tribunal remedy judgment)
  5. Ms M Walworth v Scrivens Ltd: 1301685/2017 – the Employment Tribunal held that a discriminatory policy had been applied to the Claimant while she was on maternity leave, and upheld her claims for pregnancy and maternity discrimination and constructive dismissal (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  6. Mr D Fotheringhame v Barclays Services Ltd: 3200194/2017 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant, a former FX trader at Barclays, had been unfairly dismissed after the bank had failed to disclose relevant evidence to the Claimant during the disciplinary process (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  7. Mr O Guerindon v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd: 3201293/2017 – the Employment Tribunal held that the transferring of the Claimant to a new department had constituted a repudiatory breach of contract and upheld the Claimant’s claim for constructive unfair dismissal (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  8. Miss A Ta Seti v British Telecommunications plc: 1800348/2017 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant had been subjected to victimisation by the Respondent and awarded her £7,420 in compensation (Employment Tribunal remedy judgment)
  9. Ms P Stranska v One Life Management Solutions Ltd: 3401262/2016 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Claimant had been subjected to one count of pregnancy and maternity discrimination, awarding her £2,500 as compensation for injury to her feelings (Employment Tribunal judgment)
  10. Mrs M Procter v Haxby Group Practice and John James McAvoy: 1801602/2017 and 1806299/2017 – the Employment Tribunal held that the Respondent had failed to make reasonable adjustments for the Claimant (by failing to provide her with functioning voice recognition software and failing to maintain full salary while she was off wok sick), had subjected her to discrimination arising from disability, and had subjected her to a discriminatory dismissal (Employment Tribunal judgment)