Manchester Employment Tribunal cases

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22 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Constructive Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: National Crime Agency

All claims were dismissed as not well founded.

Legal Issues (1)
  • The Tribunal considered the merits of the claims and found them not well founded

Reference: 6007564/2024

21 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Harassment

Employer: Ms J Gamble-Flowers and Salford City College Group

All claims failed on their merits after a full hearing; the Tribunal found no unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation, equal pay breach, or whistleblowing detriment.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Constructive knowledge of disability
  • duty to make reasonable adjustments
  • material factor defence in equal pay
  • protected disclosure requirements
  • causation in victimisation and whistleblowing
  • time limits

Reference: 2401162/2023

21 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Other

Employer: Calibre Conservation

The Tribunal dismissed all claims for lack of jurisdiction because the claimant was not an employee or worker.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether the claimant was an employee or worker within the meaning of s.230 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • whether the Employment Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the claims

Reference: 6020301/2024

20 Jul 2026
Claimant won£3,920 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: PVTEC Ltd

The respondent failed to pay the claimant's full wages, notice pay, and accrued holiday pay, and the tribunal found all three claims well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages (Employment Rights Act 1996 s.13)
  • breach of contract for notice pay (ERA s.86)
  • unpaid annual leave on termination (Working Time Regulations 1998 reg.14)

Reference: 2401723/2025

20 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Belle Vue Manchester Ltd

The claimant lost the wages claim because the deductions were lawful under a statutory exception, but won the itemised pay statements claim, though no monetary award was made.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether deductions from wages made under a Child Maintenance Service order fall within the exception to the right not to suffer unauthorised deductions under section 14(3) Employment Rights Act 1996. Whether the respondent failed to provide itemised pay statements under section 8 ERA
  • whether a remedy under section 11(4) ERA should be ordered

Reference: 6047918/2025

20 Jul 2026
Claimant won£879.12 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Intesa Communications Ltd

Respondent failed to present a valid response, leading to default judgment in favour of the claimant on both wages and breach of contract claims.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Default judgment for failure to respond
  • unauthorised deductions from wages
  • breach of contract for notice pay

Reference: 6043315/2025

20 Jul 2026
Claimant won£4,131 awarded

Redundancy Pay

Employer: Printstat Ltd

The respondent failed to respond and the claimant was entitled to a redundancy payment of £4,131.00.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Redundancy payment entitlement
  • default judgment under rule 22
  • s163 Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 6035057/2025

18 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Brinton Healthcare UK Ltd and Others

No claim succeeded and no claims remain ongoing. Claim outcomes: wages: struck_out; breach_of_contract: struck_out.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether individual respondents can be liable for unpaid wages and breach of contract
  • held that only the employer can be liable
  • so claims against individuals are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction

Reference: 6036158/2025

16 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£6,978.20 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination and Whistleblowing

Employer: Royal Mail Group Ltd

The claimant succeeded on the protected disclosure detriment claim but lost her disability discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal claims.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether the claimant suffered a detriment for making a protected disclosure
  • whether the treatment amounted to discrimination arising from disability
  • whether an alleged repudiatory breach entitled the claimant to resign and claim constructive unfair dismissal

Reference: 2407434/2024

16 Jul 2026
Claimant won£321.70 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Pendle Support Ltd

The tribunal found that the respondent made unauthorised deductions totalling £321.70 from the claimant's wages, as the identity card had been returned, the notice period charge was unsupported by evidence of additional costs, and part of the training cost deduction exceeded the actual cost incurred.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Construction of contractual deduction clauses
  • whether deductions were authorised by written agreement or statutory provision
  • application of National Minimum Wage regulations
  • requirement for employer to prove actual additional costs for notice period charge
  • reasonableness of training cost recovery

Reference: 2406699/2025

13 Jul 2026
Claimant won£3,556.71 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Enso Leisure Trading Ltd

Respondent failed to respond and Legal Officer found unauthorised deductions and unpaid holiday pay.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages and failure to pay holiday entitlement

Reference: 6032741/2025

11 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£7,991.50 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Work with Vista Ltd

The claimant succeeded on the unlawful deduction of wages (commission) claim but lost on holiday pay and notice pay claims.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unlawful deduction of wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • holiday pay
  • notice pay

Reference: 6038011/2025

10 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Amazon UK Services Ltd

All complaints of race discrimination, harassment, and victimisation were struck out because they had no reasonable prospect of success.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Strike out under Employment Tribunal Rules 2013
  • rule 38(1)(a) – no reasonable prospect of success

Reference: 6011827/2025

10 Jul 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

Employer: Herbprime Co Ltd

The claimant succeeded on both unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal claims, with no Polkey reduction or contributory fault, and a 25% ACAS uplift applied, but remedy is yet to be determined.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unfair dismissal under section 98 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • wrongful dismissal (breach of contract)
  • application of Polkey reduction
  • contributory fault
  • ACAS Code of Practice uplift

Reference: 2402185/2023

10 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Extons Foods Ltd and Proman Supply Chain Ltd

All claims were dismissed: disability discrimination because the claimant was not disabled at the material time, and race discrimination and racial harassment because the Tribunal found no unlawful conduct on the merits.

Legal Issues (8)
  • Determination of disability status under Equality Act 2010
  • merits of race discrimination and harassment
  • time limits for amendment
  • strike out applications for unreasonable conduct and non-compliance
  • amendment to add new impairment
  • postponement requests
  • reconsideration grounds
  • privacy and anonymity applications

Reference: 2400006/2023

10 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome£9,479.89 awarded

Discrimination

Employer: The Secretary of State for Justice

The claimant won on two victimisation complaints but lost her s15 and reasonable adjustment claims, making the overall outcome split.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether the attendance management policy was a PCP causing substantial disadvantage
  • whether s15 unfavourable treatment arose from disability and was justified
  • whether reasonable adjustments were required
  • whether the comments and email were detriments caused by protected acts
  • remedy for injury to feelings

Reference: 6003749/2024

8 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Redundancy Pay and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Care Solutions Recruitment Agency Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) and Secretary of State for Business and Trade

The claimant was not an employee of the first respondent, but an agency worker, and therefore not entitled to unpaid wages, holiday pay or a redundancy payment from the National Insurance Fund.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Employee vs agency worker status
  • interpretation of contractual terms
  • entitlement to redundancy and unpaid wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • section 182
  • significance of payslip and opt-out agreement terminology

Reference: 6040796/2026

7 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: AJ&D Chapelhow (Cliburn) Ltd

The tribunal found the dismissal was by reason of genuine redundancy and that the employer followed a fair procedure, making the dismissal fair.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether there was a genuine redundancy situation
  • whether the employer acted reasonably in selecting a pool of one
  • consulting
  • considering alternatives
  • dismissing within the range of reasonable responses

Reference: 6021400/2025

6 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Constructive Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Harassment

Employer: Whitbread Group plc

All three claims were dismissed on the merits: the claimant was not denied rest breaks, the employer made out the statutory defence to harassment, and there was no repudiatory breach causing the resignation.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Constructive dismissal (breach of implied term of trust and confidence, affirmation, causation)
  • harassment under s.26 EqA 2010
  • employer's statutory defence under s.109 EqA 2010
  • rest breaks under Reg.12 WTR 1998
  • time limits for rest break claims

Reference: 6008264/2024

6 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: The Commissioners for HM's Revenue and Customs

The claim of unfair dismissal was struck out as having no reasonable prospects of success and the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction, and subsequently the entire claim was struck out for failure to actively pursue.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Strike out for no reasonable prospects of success and lack of jurisdiction
  • strike out for failure to actively pursue the claim

Reference: 6012395/2025

3 Jul 2026
Claimant won£144,627.75 awarded

Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

Employer: Habbibi Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) and Others

The claimant was awarded total compensation of £144,627.75 for discrimination and related claims, including injury to feelings, personal injury, aggravated damages, and financial losses.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Discrimination
  • injury to feelings
  • personal injury
  • aggravated damages
  • ACAS code uplift
  • interest on awards
  • unlawful deduction of wages

Reference: 6018561/2024

3 Jul 2026
Claimant won£2,608.20 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Oaktree Support Services

The respondent made unlawful deductions from the claimant's wages by reducing her hours without the required written contractual notice.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unlawful deductions from wages
  • requirement for written notice of variation to contractual terms
  • calculation of arrears

Reference: 6042800/2025

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

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