Mr L Kraj v Giromondo Limited (T/A Mont Blanc) — 2025

The case was listed for a preliminary hearing on 19 March 2025 at Manchester Employment Tribunal to determine time limit points. Employment Judge Thompson sat alone. The claimant did not attend, and the clerk called the number recorded on the ET1 at 10:00am without response. The judge waited until 10:30am before calling the case on, and recorded that the claimant had filed a witness statement in advance but that it had not been served on the respondent and did not address why the claim had been presented out of time.

The respondent’s representative told the tribunal that, following the last hearing, the claimant had been paid holiday pay which had been agreed to be owed, in the amount of £2,432.86 before tax and national insurance. The respondent applied for dismissal under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 on the basis of the claimant’s non-attendance. In the absence of the claimant and any reason for that non-attendance, the tribunal dismissed the claim. The judgment also notes that the claimant could apply for reconsideration within 14 days if he considered it to be in the interests of justice.