Ms R Hollis v MVRRS Group Limited (Dissolved) and 2 others — 2024

At this preliminary hearing, Employment Judge T. Vincent Ryan determined the identity of Ms R Hollis's employer at the material time. The tribunal held that she was employed by Wales England Care Ltd, trading as Wales England Training and WE Care, from 9 September 2019 until termination of employment on 28 July 2022. It found that the recruitment process, the offer of employment to Wales England Care Ltd, the statement of terms, and the day-to-day control exercised over her work established that employment relationship.

The tribunal rejected the contention that MVRRS Training Limited was her employer. Although her wages were paid through an account in that company's name and she later completed redundancy paperwork naming MVRRS Training Limited after it entered creditors' voluntary liquidation, the tribunal found that those features did not alter the underlying employment relationship. It also treated MVRRS Group Limited as a dissolved company with no role in the proceedings and dismissed it as a named respondent. The judgment did not decide the merits of any substantive dismissal or discrimination claims, which were left for a later hearing.