Mrs J. Sawyer v Direct Approach Marketing Limited Full Merits Hearing — 2023

The tribunal upheld Mrs J. Sawyer's unfair dismissal claim against Direct Approach Marketing Limited. It found that she had been unfairly dismissed and recorded a remedy award of £5,220.42. The hearing was before Employment Judge Boyes with Mrs Gaywood and Mr Allan sitting as lay members, on 13 to 16 February 2023 at Bury St Edmunds.

The tribunal dismissed the disability discrimination claims. It found that the claimant did not have a disability within the meaning of section 10 of the Equality Act 2010, so those claims were not well founded. The judgment does not record any discrimination remedy because the discrimination claims failed at the liability stage.

For remedy, the tribunal recorded gross weekly pay of £80.19, employment from 20 April 2009 to 22 September 2021, and age at dismissal of 62. It set out a basic award of £1,443.42 and a compensatory award calculation of £2,646.27 for 33 weeks' loss, then noted additional figures for loss of statutory rights and failure to provide fully compliant particulars of employment, together with a 20% ACAS uplift and a 10% reduction for contributory fault, arriving at the final sum of £5,220.42 payable forthwith.