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Mrs Harkins worked for Marks and Spencer plc from October 1995 and was latterly a Visual Merchandising Team Manager, a role that mainly involved working on the shop floor and managing a small team. It was accepted that she was…
The claimant has worked for Warburtons Limited, which makes bread and other baked products, as a secondary driver since 2018; it was not disputed that he has the disability of generalised anxiety disorder. In July 2021 the…
The claimant, Patricia Kirkland, worked as an administration manager for the respondent, Caroline Mason trading as Hawthorn Education Services, which provides specialist one-to-one education to children outside mainstream…
The claimant, Ms C Merriman, had been engaged through an agency to work as a tutor for a person with special needs. Responsibility for funding appears to have shifted at one point between the NHS and the local authority, although…
The respondent, Mr S Nunns, brought complaints of harassment against SBH Windermere Limited and Mr A Wilson. Following a liability hearing held from 31 May to 2 June 2023, the Employment Tribunal upheld several of those…
The appellant worked for the National Farmers' Union as a facility services handyperson, initially as an agency worker and then as an employee, from late 2019 until his dismissal on 7 February 2020. He said he had uncovered…
The respondent, The Harrow Club, runs youth clubs in London. The claimant, Damien Burke, worked as a youth worker at its club in Old Oak, West London for at least 13 years, for 14 hours a week. On the evening of 10 July 2023 two…
Spice Hut Abbots Limited, whose sole director is Md Barkat Ali, is an employer subject to the automatic enrolment duties under the Pensions Act 2008. Its duties start date was 7 May 2025, so its declaration of compliance fell due…
The claimant, Ms F Kaiser, worked for Khans Solicitors, a firm of solicitors, from 1 April 2019 to 2 February 2021. Towards the end of her employment she had a period of sickness-related absences, having been off sick between 11…
AC & AA Limited, a private limited company employing almost 30 people, had been making pension contributions to NEST since 2019. On 4 August 2025 NEST reported to the Pensions Regulator that contributions for the period 1…
The claimant, Mr A Bindi, brought claims of unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and race discrimination against Metropolitan Thames Valley in the employment tribunal in December 2020. With a full merits hearing listed for…
The claimant, Mr Dean Bean, was employed as a Civil Enforcement Officer, beginning with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead on 2 November 2007 and transferring to NSL Limited under TUPE on 1 December 2017 when NSL took…
ITS Plant-Tech Limited carries on a business providing inspection, testing, training and maintenance services in the wind technology and related sectors, employing some 20 to 30 workers during the relevant period. Until 2019 it…
The appellant, anonymised as BFJ, worked as a care assistant. She had begun care work in March 2020, working at a care home until July 2021, later studying physiotherapy and working for another care company and then an events…
The claimant, Mr John Grantham, was summarily dismissed by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council on 12 October 2018 for a reason the respondent said related to conduct. On 17 March 2019 he presented a claim form alleging…
The claimant, a nurse, worked for Rushcliffe Independent Hospitals (Kegworth) Ltd first as a senior staff nurse and then as a bank nurse, before being employed as Clinical Lead at Mill Lodge Hospital, a hospital for patients with…
Fulmar Contracting Ltd was an umbrella company incorporated on 3 March 2021 which supplied locum doctors to NHS end users through the employment agency Fresh Recruitment Limited, trading as Fresh Medical. It paid its workers…
Aramark Limited, part of a group headed by the US parent Aramark Corporation, supplied catering and hotel services to the operators of offshore installations on the UK continental shelf. From 8 October 2004 until 11 March 2017 it…
The claimant, Ms Jacqui McLean, was employed by Vallourec Oil & Gas UK Ltd from 28 October 2019 as a Financial Assistant, carrying out invoicing and debt collection. Following a flexible working request in September 2021 she…
ABC claims damages arising out of her placement at Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead, a privately run psychiatric facility owned and operated by the first defendant, Huntercombe (no.12) Limited. She alleges that during a four…