In person For the v Respondent — 2018

The claimant presented his claim on 6 August 2018 and the tribunal confined the case to direct discrimination complaints based on race and religion or belief. He relied on Iranian national origin for race and Zoroastrian religion for religion or belief. The tribunal treated paragraphs 10-20 of the amended claim as the Paddington Store allegations and paragraph 21 as the dismissal allegation arising after the move to Queensway.

The tribunal held that the Paddington allegations were out of time. Allowing for ACAS early conciliation between 5 July and 5 August 2018, events before 7 April 2018 were outside the three-month limit, and the claimant did not show a continuing act between the Paddington and Queensway matters or any basis on which it would be just and equitable to extend time. It therefore struck out those complaints for want of jurisdiction. It also found, on the evidence, that the alleged discriminatory comments were not proved, that the claimant had not shown he was made to do harder work because of race or religion, and that Mr Ghazi's evidence was to be preferred.

The Queensway dismissal complaint was in time but failed on the merits. The tribunal found that the claimant's dismissal on 14 May 2018 followed a series of investigated complaints about his conduct, including customer complaints and sexual-harassment allegations, and that the disciplinary and appeal processes were thorough and fair. It found no evidence that the decisions to discipline, dismiss or reject the appeal were in any sense because of race or religion or belief, and it concluded that the dismissal was because of the claimant's own conduct.