The claimant Mr Sladovich in person For the respondents First v Respondent — 2024

The claimant brought complaints including whistleblowing detriment, breach of contract, unlawful deductions from wages, and accrued but unpaid holiday pay against both respondents. The tribunal found that the pleaded claims against the first respondent all related to events before the claimant's employment transferred to the second respondent under TUPE on 30 June 2023. It held that any liability for those matters transferred to the second respondent, and the first respondent was removed as a party.

The claimant also sought to amend his whistleblowing detriment claim against the first respondent to add an alleged detriment based on the first respondent taking on and rejecting his grievance appeal after the TUPE transfer. The tribunal refused the amendment, taking account of the time limit position, the balance of hardship, the limited value of the proposed amendment to the existing claims, and the tribunal's view that the appeal decision itself could not put the claimant at a disadvantage because the first respondent was no longer his employer and could not bind the second respondent.