Case 4107790/2024 · Employment Tribunal

in Edinburgh (via Cloud Video Platform) On October 2025 Employment Judge Smith Mrs J Green & others v The Co-Operative Group Ltd — 2025

Case reference: 4107790/2024
Decision date: 13 October 2025
Jurisdiction: Scotland
Judge: Employment Judge Smith Sitting

Indexed: 17 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

in Edinburgh (via Cloud Video Platform) On October 2025 Employment Judge Smith Mrs J Green & others

Respondent

The Co-Operative Group Ltd

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The preliminary hearing was listed to decide whether the Claimants could pursue protective award claims under section 189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The Tribunal recorded that the unfair dismissal claims were not determined at this hearing and remained to be case managed.

The Tribunal found that, by February/March 2024 when the Respondent proposed redundancies affecting Member Pioneers and Member Pioneer Co-ordinators, USDAW was an independent trade union recognised by the Respondent for collective bargaining in respect of that description of employee. The Support Agreement dated 1 April 2023 expressly covered those roles.

The Tribunal concluded that any duty to consult under section 188 was a duty to consult with USDAW only. The Claimants therefore had no standing to bring protective award claims under section 189, and those claims were dismissed.

Claims and outcomes

1 finding recorded

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Other	Claims for protective awards under section 189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 were dismissed because the Claimants had no standing to bring them. The prompt text was truncated, but the operative judgment and conclusions on this issue were included.	Dismissed	—	—

Legal tests applied

9 references

Official outcome judgment PDF

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