Case 2304622/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Miss M Onu v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions — 2024
- Case reference
- 2304622/2024
- Decision date
- 5 July 2024
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Ramsden Representation
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Miss M Onu
Respondent
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe Claimant applied for interim relief, asserting that she had been automatically unfairly dismissed because she made protected disclosures in July 2023 about health and safety risks at Peckham Job Centre. The Respondent resisted the application and said she was summarily dismissed for conduct matters, including taking a work laptop to Spain without permission, contacting an LBC Radio phone-in, and recording conversations with her line manager.
The Tribunal found that the interim relief application failed. It considered that the final hearing was likely to find that the Claimant had made at least one disclosure, that she believed it tended to show a health and safety risk, and that the disclosure was made in good faith. However, the Tribunal was not sufficiently confident that she had a pretty good chance of showing that her belief was reasonable or that the disclosure was the reason or principal reason for dismissal.
No remedy was awarded because the application for interim relief was refused. The judgment did not determine the merits of the underlying automatic unfair dismissal claim.
Claims and outcomes
1 finding recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistleblowing | The judgment refused the Claimant's application for interim relief. It did not finally determine the underlying complaint that she was automatically unfairly dismissed for making protected disclosures. | Other | — | — |
Legal tests applied
10 references- section 103A Employment Rights Act 1996
- section 128 Employment Rights Act 1996
- section 129(1) Employment Rights Act 1996
- section 43B(1)(d) Employment Rights Act 1996
- Parsons v Airplus UKEAT/0023/16
- Parkins v Sodexo Ltd [2002] IRLR 109
- Taplin v C Shippam Ltd [1978] IRLR 450
- Ministry of Justice v Sarfraz [2011] IRLR 562
- Dandpat v University of Bath UKEAT/0408/09
- Simply Smile Manor House Ltd v Ter-Berg [2020] ICR 570
Official outcome judgment PDF
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