Decision date
15 March 2023
Tribunal
Employment Tribunal
Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Judge
Employment Judge Lancaster
Case Summary
This preliminary hearing considered whether certain claims by the claimant the claimant against the respondent Ikea Distribution Services Limited were presented in time. The judge found that the unfair dismissal claim was out of time, but that the disability discrimination, indirect discrimination, failure to make reasonable adjustments, and harassment related to religion claims should proceed to a further hearing, though they may ultimately be found to be out of time.
Why this outcome?
Out of timeThe unfair dismissal claim was presented outside the statutory time limit and there was no reasonable practicability for earlier presentation. The disability discrimination claim was struck out as having no reasonable prospect of a just and equitable time extension, though other discrimination and reasonable adjustments claims were permitted to proceed to a further hearing despite potential time issues.
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Key Issues
- •whether unfair dismissal claim was out of time
- •whether disability discrimination claims were out of time
- •whether indirect discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments claims were out of time
- •whether harassment claims related to religion were out of time
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Case Details
- Case No.
- 1807389/2020
- Tribunal
- Employment Tribunal
- Level
- First instance
- Decision
- 15 March 2023
- Published
- 31 March 2023
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Lancaster
- Representation
- Litigant in person
Registered Company
- Company name
- IKEA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 03568682
- Industry
- Retail & Wholesale
- Status
- active