Miss R Ricciardi v Oliver’s Cleaning Contractors Limited — 2019

At the preliminary hearing in Watford on 4 November 2019, before Employment Judge Jack, the tribunal discussed the issues with Miss Ricciardi. She accepted that she had received notice monies on her dismissal and accepted, after discussion of s.6(1) Equality Act 2010, that she did not fall within the definition of disability.

The tribunal recorded in its case management summary that, because she had less than two years' service and was not disabled within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010, she did not have sufficient service to bring a claim for unfair dismissal. It also said that any harassment and bullying complaint fell outside the tribunal's jurisdiction if it was unrelated to disability.

In the judgment section, the tribunal dismissed on withdrawal the claim for notice monies, noting that the respondent had paid the claimant. It also dismissed on withdrawal the disability discrimination claim, because the claimant accepted that she was not disabled within s.6 of the Equality Act 2010, and dismissed on withdrawal the harassment and bullying claim, because it had no jurisdiction over that claim after the disability discrimination claim was dismissed. No monetary award was made.