Case 3310974/2022 · Employment Tribunal

self-representing For the Second Claimant: self-representing For the v Mr R Chaudhry, solicitor advocate — 2020

Case reference: 3310974/2022
Decision date: 25 August 2020
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge George Members
Venue: Reading
Panel members: Mr A Kapur, Dr C Whitehouse

Indexed: 26 April 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

self-representing For the Second Claimant: self-representing For the

Respondent

Mr R Chaudhry, solicitor advocate

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The Tribunal (Employment Judge George with Mr A Kapur and Dr C Whitehouse) found that British Airways plc had failed to pay the two claimants - both trade union representatives - in accordance with s.169 TULRCA 1992 for reasonable time off they were permitted to take during working hours for the purpose of carrying out trade union duties under s.168 TULRCA. The complaints of unauthorised deductions from wages were also well-founded.

The complaints of detriment on grounds related to trade union membership or activities under s.146 TULRCA were not well-founded and were dismissed.

Quantum on the successful claims was to be assessed at a separate remedy hearing. PDF text was truncated; the full reasoning on individual issues is not entirely visible in the available extract.

Claims and outcomes

3 claims adjudicated

Claim type	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Trade union	Upheld	—	—
Unlawful deduction from wages	Upheld	—	—
Trade union	Dismissed	—	—

Source tags (gov.uk)

Trade Union Membership and Unlawful Deduction from Wages

Legal tests applied

9 references

section 168 Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
section 169 Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
section 146 Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
section 149 Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
section 23 Employment Rights Act 1996
section 27 Employment Rights Act 1996
Chief Constable of Northern Ireland v Agnew
Cleveland Ambulance NHS Trust v Blane
Adams v Hackney London Borough Council

Source document

Primary record

The full judgment is available on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

How we got this data

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