Mr Sandocan Stan v Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited t/a Betfred — 2024

The claimant, Mr Sandocan Stan, brought complaints of direct sex discrimination under section 13 of the Equality Act 2010 and unauthorised deductions from wages under sections 13 and 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 against Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited t/a Betfred. The Final Hearing took place over five days in July 2024 before Employment Judge B Beyzade sitting with Mrs M Legg and Mrs B K Saund. The Tribunal's unanimous Judgment dismissed all complaints.

In respect of the direct sex discrimination complaints, the Tribunal found that the allegations at paragraphs 6.1.1.1 and 6.1.1.2 of the List of Issues (concerning a telephone conversation on 6 June 2022 about returning from holiday and a subsequent disciplinary investigation on 21 June 2022) were not well-founded on the merits. The remaining discrimination allegations (6.1.1.3 to 6.1.1.7), which related to earlier matters including alleged failure to pay acting-up wages, a non-promotion in March 2022, and historic disciplinary action and comments dating back to 2017-2018, were held to have been presented outside the three-month statutory time limit in section 123(1)(a) of the Equality Act 2010. The Tribunal declined to extend time on a just and equitable basis under section 123(1)(b), and accordingly had no jurisdiction to hear those complaints. The Tribunal also considered the claimant's named evidential comparators (Ellie Beresford and Dani) and found their circumstances were materially different from the claimant's.

The unauthorised deductions from wages complaint, relating to alleged unpaid acting-up payments in the period 25 April 2021 to 22 November 2021, was dismissed for want of jurisdiction: the Tribunal found it had been presented outside the time limit in section 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and was not satisfied that it had not been reasonably practicable to present it in time.