Mrs Olayinka Oluwi v Post Office Ltd and 1 other — 2025

At the hearing on 16 January 2025 before Employment Judge Sugarman at East London Hearing Centre by CVP, the Tribunal held that it had no jurisdiction to hear any claim against the second respondent, Gulam Mowla, because the claimant had not complied with the ACAS Early Conciliation procedure. Those claims were therefore dismissed.

The claimant's unfair dismissal complaint against Post Office Limited was dismissed because the Tribunal said it did not have jurisdiction to hear it. The judgment records that the claimant's case was that she had not been dismissed and that she did not resign.

The claimant's unauthorised deduction of wages complaint was also dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The Tribunal noted that any deductions had been made more than a year before the claim form was lodged, had been repaid, the claimant was not seeking financial loss arising from them, and she was not pursuing the matter as a section 13 Employment Rights Act claim but as generalised bullying.

The complaint described as discrimination, bullying and unfair treatment was dismissed because the claimant did not assert that the treatment was because of a protected characteristic within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010. The written record notes that reasons were given orally at the hearing and that written reasons would only follow if requested.