Mr S Zbieralski v Amazon UK Services Limited — 2025

The tribunal recorded that Mr S Zbieralski brought complaints of unfair dismissal and a claim for a redundancy payment against Amazon UK Services Ltd. It noted that section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 requires two years' service to bring an unfair dismissal complaint, and that section 155 provides that an employee does not have the right to a redundancy payment unless they have two years' service, subject to certain exceptions.

The tribunal found that the claimant had been employed for less than two years. On that basis, it held that he was not entitled to bring the unfair dismissal complaints or the redundancy payment claim. It also found that, despite being given the opportunity, he failed to give an acceptable reason why the complaints in all three linked claims should not be struck out.

Accordingly, the unfair dismissal complaints were struck out and the redundancy payment complaint was also struck out. The judgment states that the claimant's other complaints were not affected by the decision. The judgment was approved by Employment Judge Phil Allen on 11 April 2025 and sent to the parties on 15 April 2025.