Ms H Kaur v GE Caledonian Limited — 2026

Ms Kaur was employed as a materials mover from 24 February 2025 until her dismissal on 20 March 2025. Before and at the hearing she withdrew the sex discrimination, indirect race discrimination, unpaid holiday pay, and Mr John Anderson harassment allegations, and those claims were dismissed. The tribunal identified the remaining issues as direct race discrimination and race-related harassment.

On the training allegation, the tribunal accepted that Ms Kaur had mostly one-to-one training but also some group training, including on 14 March 2025. It found the respondent's explanation that training format depended on which workers on a shift needed the course was logical and unrelated to race, so the direct race discrimination case about training failed. The tribunal also rejected the alleged comments said to have been made around 10 March and 18/19 March 2025, finding on the balance of probabilities that the comments, hostile looks, and gestures were not proved.

The tribunal found that the dismissal on 20 March 2025 followed repeated failure of the A1 and A5 safety assessments, including the contemporaneous trainer feedback about Ms Kaur's performance, and accepted the respondent's explanation that the decision was based solely on poor performance in required safety training. It found Mr Bicker's escort of Ms Kaur from site, including the comment about security, was a response to her continued attempts to argue and delay leaving, not conduct related to race, and rejected the shift-notice allegation because the rotating shift pattern was fixed and predictable. Ms Kaur's reconsideration application was refused because there was no reasonable prospect of the judgment being varied or revoked.