Mr A Caisley v Kent Coach Travel Limited t/a Travelmasters — 2026

The claimant, Mr A Caisley, worked for Kent Coach Travel Limited t/a Travelmasters as a bus driver from 2 February 2023 to 28 May 2023. The respondent did not attend and did not file a response. The tribunal dismissed the unfair dismissal claim because the claimant did not have two years' service, and dismissed the statutory sick pay claim because entitlement to SSP is for HMRC to determine and the tribunal had no jurisdiction. Several housing-related matters were also said to be outside Employment Tribunal jurisdiction and were not determined.

On the money claims, the tribunal accepted the claimant's evidence that he had accrued 1.78 weeks of statutory holiday during a 116-day period of employment, that his weekly pay was £408, and that he was not paid for accrued but untaken holiday on leaving. It awarded £726.24 for holiday pay. It also accepted that he had worked an additional week for which he was not paid at termination, and awarded £408 as an unauthorised deduction from wages because the respondent had shown no statutory or contractual basis for withholding it.

On disability, the tribunal found that the claimant's ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia met the section 6 Equality Act 2010 definition of disability. It accepted that the respondent knew about those conditions from the interview and from the later request to rewrite illegible notes, and it did not treat EDNOS as relevant to the claim. The tribunal found two PCPs: requiring the claimant to rewrite notes after his shift without paid time or support, and requiring him to use paper maps or an untrained satnav on rail-replacement routes. Those PCPs placed him at a substantial disadvantage, the respondent took no reasonable steps to avoid that disadvantage, and the failure to make reasonable adjustments claim succeeded.

For remedy, the tribunal applied the lower Vento band. It found no financial loss on the discrimination claim but accepted injury to feelings caused by the treatment during and after employment. It awarded £2,500 for injury to feelings and £555.07 interest at 8% from 28 May 2023 to 6 March 2026, producing a total award of £3,055.07.