Mr G Georgiou v Jordan Andrews Ltd (First Respondent) Mr J Stavrinou (Second Respondent) Mr S Stavrinou (Third Respondent) — 2021

The case was heard at Watford Employment Tribunal from 9 to 13 August 2021 before Employment Judge Quill, sitting with Ms J Hancock and Ms A Brosnan. The tribunal found that the First Respondent had subjected the Claimant to disability discrimination within section 19 Equality Act 2010 by applying PCPs requiring employees to fetch and carry products from any location within the factory, including upstairs, and to use their vehicles during the day when they had to be parked away from the showroom.

The tribunal also found a failure to make reasonable adjustments within section 21 Equality Act 2010. It held that the First Respondent contravened section 39(5) Equality Act 2010 by failing to remove any requirement or expectation that the Claimant fetch and carry items from the mezzanine or first floor, and by failing to allow him to use the business's local authority parking permit. In addition, it found harassment related to disability on 1 June 2019 by the First Respondent and the Second Respondent, and harassment related to disability on 7 June 2019 by the First Respondent and the Third Respondent.

The tribunal dismissed the other complaints of indirect discrimination, failure to make adjustments and harassment, and it dismissed the complaints of discrimination under section 15 Equality Act 2010. The complaints of unauthorised deductions from wages and breach of contract also failed and were dismissed.

The judgment records that remedy was reserved after submissions, and that the panel would meet without the parties on 4 October 2021, with a written decision and reasons to follow. No remedy figure is set out in the judgment text provided.