Case 3310860/2022 · Employment Tribunal
In person For the v Mr Hoyle, HR Consultant — 2023
- Case reference
- 3310860/2022
- Decision date
- 20 July 2023
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge L Brown Members
- Panel members
- Ms L Gaywood, Mr Rob Allan
Parties
2 namedIn person For the
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe claimant, a non-British national who had been sponsored on a Tier 2 visa to work as a solicitor, brought claims against the First Respondent (Immigration and Nationality Services Limited) and the Second Respondent (IANS Solicitors Limited, her employer at the date of dismissal). She was summarily dismissed on 9 March 2022 after notifying the Second Respondent that she was resigning to take up other employment.
The Tribunal found that the unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, unauthorised deductions from wages, direct race discrimination and failure-to-provide-statement-of-particulars claims against the Second Respondent all succeeded. On direct race discrimination the Tribunal held that the dismissing manager's reaction was motivated by the claimant's status as a migrant worker whose visa the respondent had supported, and that this was discrimination on grounds of race even if the motivation was sub- or unconscious. The indirect race discrimination claim against both respondents failed, and all remaining claims against the First Respondent were dismissed. The matter has been listed for a separate remedy hearing.
Claims and outcomes
7 claims adjudicated| Claim type | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfair dismissal | Upheld | — | — |
| Wrongful dismissal | Upheld | — | — |
| Unlawful deduction from wages | Upheld | — | — |
| Race discrimination | Upheld | Race | — |
| Other | Upheld | — | — |
| Race discrimination | Dismissed | Race | — |
| Other | Dismissed | — | — |
Legal tests applied
11 referencesSource document
Primary recordThe full judgment is available on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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