Mr S Godson, lay representative For the v Respondent — 2022

Mrs O Godson brought claims of direct race discrimination, race-related harassment, and victimisation against Dimensions (UK) Ltd. The tribunal held that several of the earlier complaints, particularly those from September 2019, were out of time, and that they did not amount to conduct extending over a period. It nevertheless went on to consider the substance of those matters in case that analysis was wrong.

On the merits, the tribunal rejected the allegation that Ms Tew had asked about the claimant's ethnic origin when they first met, rejected the suggestion that the claimant had been promised time off rota for Lead Support Worker duties, and did not accept that the induction or one-to-one material proved falsification. It found that the claimant had not shown that the invitation to a probation meeting, the response to the April 2020 complaint about another worker, the May 2020 hospital transport issue, or the email sending the contract with the wrong start date were because of race. Where mistakes or criticism occurred, the tribunal accepted the respondent's explanations and did not find race-based less favourable treatment.

For harassment, the tribunal held that the conduct relied on was not unwanted conduct related to race and, in any event, was not reasonable to regard as having the effect of violating dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. For victimisation, the tribunal accepted that the claimant's letter of 17 June 2020 was a protected act, but found no detriments caused by it. It found no causal link between that protected act and the choice of investigator, the temporary move from Sampson Avenue to Chichester Court, the grievance handling, or the contents of the management report. All Equality Act 2010 claims were dismissed.