Member M McAllister Tribunal Member J McCullagh Ms A Vial v Represented by: Ms S Ossei Mr S Alsafar — 2022

The listed final hearing was converted on 17 October 2022 into a public preliminary hearing because the respondent, through Mr Hoyle, raised a preliminary issue that he was not the claimant's employer and that she had instead been employed by Mazaj Dundee Ltd, of which he said he was a director. The claimant agreed to proceed after an adjournment to consider the point and obtain advice. The tribunal heard evidence from the claimant, her former colleague Amanda Heath, and the respondent, with an interpreter attending by video link to assist the respondent.

The tribunal determined that the claimant was employed at all material times by the respondent. The written reasons record that the hearing was concerned with the correct identity of the claimant's employer, and that the tribunal's determination resolved that issue in the claimant's favour. Oral reasons were given at the hearing, and written reasons for the employer determination were requested and were to be issued later. No merits decision or remedy is recorded in this judgment.