Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis employment tribunal cases

Unfair dismissal

The tribunal held the unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claims to be well founded, but found the indirect discrimination and reasonable‑adjustments claims to be without merit.

Unfair Dismissal and Disability Discrimination

Heard at Croydon

The claims for unfair dismissal and discrimination arising from disability were upheld, but the claims for indirect discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments failed.

Employment status (employee/worker)

Heard at London Central

The Tribunal concluded the claimants were not employees and were only workers while on duty, so they did not meet the legal definitions required for their claimed statutory rights.

Disability Discrimination (including reasonable adjustments)

The tribunal found the claimant’s claims under section 15 Equality Act 2020 and two of the reasonable‑adjustment requests (altering attendance/training criteria and allowing rescission of the retirement application with an alternative role) well founded, but dismissed all other discrimination, harassment and unreasonable‑adjustment claims.