Ms F Athif v Mr M J Lallmohamud and 1 other — 2023

Employment Judge Jones with members Ms T Jansen and Ms C Whitehouse found that the claimant Ms F Athif was employed by the second respondent Spice E17 Ltd. The Tribunal proceeded in the absence of both respondents after multiple late adjournment applications by the first respondent, finding that he had not provided proper medical evidence to justify non-attendance.

The complaints of indirect sex discrimination against both respondents and harassment related to sex against the first respondent succeeded, as did claims for failure to provide written terms and conditions and unlawful deduction of wages. The Tribunal awarded £10,000 for injury to feelings and £1,857.12 in interest, plus £17.82 holiday pay and £534.60 for the failure to provide written terms, giving a remedy of £15,409.54.

A preparation time order of £1,056 (32 hours at £33/hour) was made under Rule 75 on the basis that the respondents had conducted their defence vexatiously and unreasonably, including causing three previous hearings to be adjourned. The total payable to the claimant was £16,465.54. PDF text was truncated; the full reasoning on indirect discrimination and harassment was not entirely visible.