in person For the v Respondent — 2025

The tribunal, sitting as Employment Judge P Klimov alone at London Central, heard the claimant's complaints over five days in January and February 2025. The complaint of unauthorised deduction from wages was dismissed as out of time, the tribunal finding it had been reasonably practicable to present it within the applicable time limit. The complaints of direct race discrimination and harassment related to race were also dismissed as out of time, the tribunal concluding it was not just and equitable to extend time.

The breach of contract complaint concerning reimbursement for prescription glasses (£50) was withdrawn by the claimant and dismissed pursuant to Rule 51 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024. The complaint of automatically unfair dismissal for making a protected disclosure, contrary to section 103A of the Employment Rights Act 1996, was found not well-founded and dismissed, as were the breach of contract claims relating to a taxi fare (£34.90) and to notice pay (wrongful dismissal).

The respondent's costs application succeeded in part. The tribunal found that the breach of contract complaints regarding the two expense items had no reasonable prospect of success and that the claimant had acted unreasonably in bringing them, and that the s.103A unfair dismissal and the wrongful dismissal complaints had no reasonable prospect of success and the claimant had acted unreasonably in continuing to pursue them after 30 and 31 January 2025 respectively. The claimant was ordered to pay £5,000 to the respondent in respect of legal costs, payable within 14 days.