1. Miss S Harty 2. Mrs L Leonard 3. Mrs D Pieri 4. Mrs S Vince-Cain v Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust — 2020

The tribunal found that all four claimants were dismissed by reason of redundancy. The respondent had decided not to allocate further funding to the CHAMP programme, and its requirement for the claimants to carry out their CHAMP work had ceased or diminished. The tribunal did not find that the work previously carried out by the claimants continued after dismissal, save to a limited extent in relation to queries handled by others.

For Miss Harty, Mrs Leonard and Mrs Pieri, the tribunal found the dismissals unfair. The respondent's redeployment guide required an initial meeting to gather information about experience and skills, discuss alternative work that might be suitable, and consider training requirements. Those steps were not taken, and there were no further meetings before employment ended. Given the respondent's size and resources, the failure to follow its own redeployment policy made those dismissals unreasonable. The tribunal assessed a 50% chance that each of those three claimants would still have lost employment.

For Mrs Vince-Cain, the tribunal found that the respondent offered suitable alternative employment before her employment ended. The offered role was at the same band and pay, with the same base and hours, and was permanent, although the work and reporting line differed. The tribunal found that her refusal was unreasonable, including because her view was affected by her belief that the redundancy was not genuine. Her unfair dismissal claim failed and she was not entitled to a redundancy payment.

Miss Harty's pregnancy and maternity discrimination claim was dismissed. The tribunal accepted that some matters, including the loss of employment and lack of redeployment assistance, were unfavourable, but found they arose from the redundancy process applied to the CHAMP team and not because she had taken maternity leave. Other alleged matters were either not established factually or were not found to amount to unfavourable treatment.