Manchester Employment Tribunal cases

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57
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£282,098.49 combined

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3 Jul 2026
Claimant won£9,198.90 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: E3 Associates Ltd

The claim for unlawful deduction from wages was found well founded because the respondent failed to attend and the judge accepted the claimant's evidence.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unlawful deduction from wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • default judgment in absence of respondent

Reference: 6047426/2025

2 Jul 2026
Claimant won£3,703.03 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Big Help Group Ltd

Respondent failed to present a valid response; judgment made in claimant's favour for breach of contract, redundancy, and unpaid holiday pay.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Breach of contract (notice and pension contributions)
  • statutory redundancy payment
  • unlawful deduction from wages (holiday pay)

Reference: 6026544/2025

1 Jul 2026
Claimant won£540 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Lake District Hotels Ltd

The respondent was not entitled to require the claimant to take annual leave during his notice period without giving the statutory notice under Regulation 15, and the contractual clause did not displace that requirement.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether a contractual clause allowing the employer to require holiday on particular dates displaces the statutory notice requirement under Regulation 15 of the Working Time Regulations 1998. The Tribunal held the clause was merely informative and did not oust the statutory notice requirement
  • so the employer could not unilaterally require holiday without proper notice

Reference: 6039450/2025

1 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Hastings Insurance Services Ltd

Both complaints of unfair constructive dismissal and disability discrimination were dismissed as not well-founded.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether the claimant was constructively unfairly dismissed
  • whether the respondent subjected the claimant to disability discrimination

Reference: 6004402/2025

1 Jul 2026
Claimant won£960.96 awarded

Redundancy Pay and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Pure Spa and Beauty Ltd

The respondent agreed by consent to pay the claimant a redundancy payment and holiday pay, resulting in a total award of £960.96.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Redundancy payment entitlement
  • holiday pay on termination
  • consent order

Reference: 6019794/2025

30 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages

Employer: I & S Transport Ltd

The claimant failed to attend the final hearing without reason or notification, so the claim was dismissed under rule 47.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Rule 47 dismissal for non-attendance
  • jurisdiction for counterclaim under article 4(d) of the Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction Order 1994

Reference: 6001308/2026

30 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: The Commissioners for HM’s Revenue and Customs

The tribunal found that the respondent did not discriminate against the claimant on grounds of disability; the manager's actions were reasonable and not linked to the claimant's disability, and no harassment or victimisation occurred.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Disability discrimination (harassment, discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments, victimisation) under the Equality Act 2010. Long Covid as a disability. Whether the employer's actions in managing performance
  • handling transfer requests
  • communications constituted unlawful discrimination

Reference: 2402065/2024

29 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Breach of Contract

Employer: Clean Event Services Ltd

The claim was dismissed because the claimant failed to attend the final hearing without explanation, and the tribunal considered it appropriate to dismiss under rule 47.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Non-attendance at hearing
  • rule 47 dismissal
  • overriding objective

Reference: 6042181/2025

26 Jun 2026
Mixed outcome

Unpaid Wages and Harassment

Employer: The Festive Decorators (UK) Ltd and Mr P Lally

Claimant won on unpaid wages claim but lost on harassment claim.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unpaid wages – time limit extension via ACAS early conciliation. Harassment – whether WhatsApp message was related to disability
  • post-employment discrimination
  • assessment of purpose and effect under s.26 Equality Act 2010

Reference: 2402542/2024

25 Jun 2026
Claimant won£62,470.73 awarded

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Hollin Primary School and Rochdale Borough Council

The Tribunal found that the claimant's claim of unfair dismissal was well-founded and that she was unfairly dismissed, resulting in an award of £62,470.73.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unfair dismissal under Part X of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • assessment of compensatory award

Reference: 6007168/2024

25 Jun 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Performance Doorset Solutions Ltd

The complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded and the claimant was unfairly dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • failure to provide written statement of employment particulars
  • assessment of compensation deferred to remedy hearing

Reference: 6004149/2025

25 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Kendal Vets4Pets Ltd

The complaint of unfair dismissal was not well-founded; the claimant was not unfairly dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the dismissal was unfair under the Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 6010696/2025

22 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Greggs plc

All claims were dismissed: the dismissal was fair, the alleged discriminatory comment was not made, and the employer did not have the requisite knowledge of the claimant's disability to trigger the duty to make reasonable adjustments.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unfair dismissal – range of reasonable responses test (Burchell). Direct discrimination – burden of proof and factual finding on alleged discriminatory comment. Failure to make reasonable adjustments – knowledge of disability and substantial disadvantage

Reference: 2401528/2024

19 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: F Duerr and Sons Ltd

The claimant's complaints of direct discrimination based on race and disability failed and were dismissed at the final hearing.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Direct discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 on the grounds of race and disability
  • strike out application refused

Reference: 6016622/2024

19 Jun 2026
Claimant won£4,218.93 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: MV Essentials Ltd

The claimant succeeded in all three claims for statutory redundancy payment, unpaid holiday pay, and notice pay, with the tribunal ordering the respondent to pay a total of £4,218.93.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Entitlement to statutory redundancy payment under ERA 1996
  • entitlement to unpaid holiday pay under Working Time Regulations
  • entitlement to notice pay under contract or ERA 1996

Reference: 6032367/2025

19 Jun 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Simpsons Skoda

Both claims were struck out because they had no reasonable prospect of success.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Strike out for no reasonable prospects of success under Rule 38(1)(a)
  • automatic unfair dismissal under section 104 ERA 1996
  • victimisation under section 27 Equality Act 2010

Reference: 2402400/2025

18 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: Francomes Building Timber and Landscaping Supplies

The claimant failed to prove she was a disabled person under the Equality Act 2010, and the dismissal was not because of anything arising from a disability.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Disability definition (s.6 EqA 2010)
  • substantial adverse effect
  • long-term effect
  • knowledge of disability
  • discrimination arising from disability (s.15 EqA 2010)
  • unfair dismissal qualifying service (s.108 ERA 1996)

Reference: 2400679/2024

18 Jun 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Phase 2 Growth Ltd (No defence filed)

The claimant succeeded on the unlawful deductions from wages claim but the unfair dismissal claim was dismissed for lack of service, and the disability discrimination claim was not resolved.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unlawful deduction from wages
  • unfair dismissal qualifying service requirement
  • disability discrimination (not determined)

Reference: 6027929/2025

16 Jun 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Peninsula Business Services Ltd

The claim was struck out because it had no reasonable prospect of being found to have been presented in time or of a reasonable-practicability extension.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Time limits for presenting a claim
  • strike-out for no reasonable prospects under Rule 38(1)(a)
  • reasonably practicable extension test

Reference: 6041358/2025

15 Jun 2026
Claim struck out

Other

Employer: Asda Stores Ltd

The claim was struck out because the claimant did not comply with Tribunal Rules or a Tribunal order.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Strike out under Rule 38(1)(c) & (3) for non-compliance with rules or orders

Reference: 6012276/2025

12 Jun 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Greater Manchester Combined Authority

The claimant succeeded on all main claims including constructive unfair dismissal, disability discrimination, harassment, victimisation, and partially on sex discrimination and reasonable adjustments.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Disability discrimination (unfavourable treatment, reasonable adjustments, harassment, victimisation)
  • direct sex discrimination
  • constructive unfair dismissal. Key issues included knowledge of disability
  • adequacy of adjustments
  • justification
  • procedural failures

Reference: 2400729/2024

10 Jun 2026
Mixed outcome

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Goliath Marketing Ltd

The claimant won his wrongful dismissal claim for notice pay but lost his other breach of contract and unlawful deductions claims.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Wrongful dismissal (breach of contract for notice pay)
  • ACAS Code uplift under s.207A TULRCA 1992
  • unauthorised deductions from wages

Reference: 6035984/2025

10 Jun 2026
Claimant won£1,019.53 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Sky Bear Pubs Ltd

The respondent made unauthorised deductions from the claimant's wages in May 2025, and the claim was well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages
  • default judgment under Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure rule 22
  • gross award with claimant responsible for tax

Reference: 6027889/2025

9 Jun 2026
Claimant won£27,936 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Redundancy Pay and Breach of Contract

Employer: Intrum UK Ltd

The claimant was constructively unfairly dismissed because the employer's conduct (office relocation) breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence, entitling her to redundancy payments.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Constructive dismissal
  • unfair dismissal
  • statutory redundancy
  • contractual redundancy pay
  • breach of contract (notice pay not awarded)

Reference: 2407201/2024

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