NICE Systems UK Ltd

Case No. 2216283/2023 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS BETWEEN Claimant AND Respondent Alen Bicskei NICE Systems UK Limited Heard at: London Central Employment Tribunal On: 4 and 5 March 2024 Before: Employment Judge Coen Representations For the Claimant: In person For the Respondent: Mr. J. Cook, Counsel RESERVED JUDGMENT The judgment of the Tribunal is that: 1. the claimant’s claim for unfair dismissal succeeds; and 2. in accordance with the principles set out in Polkey v A E Dayton Services Limited [1987] IRLR 503, HL the claimant would have been dismissed in any event nine months after the date of his actual dismissal. Case No. 2216283/2023 WRITTEN REASONS Introduction 1. The final hearing (which was also the first hearing in the case) took place over two days (4 and 5 March 2024) at London Central Employment Tribunal via Cloud Video Platform. The claimant appeared in person and the respondent was represented by Counsel. The claimant gave evidence. Joe Larkin, VP Cloud Operations, NICE Systems, Inc., and Bradley Smith, Director of Professional Services, Actimize UK Limited (a company connected with the respondent), gave evidence for the respondent. The hearing was also attended by the respondent’s solicitor, a member of the public and two members of the respondent’s HR team. 2. By way of background, the claimant was employed by the respondent between 10 October 2011 and 7 July 2023. By a claim form received by the Tribunal on 5 November 2023 the claimant brought a claim for unfair dismissal against the respondent. The respondent’s defence was that the dismissal was for a fair reason, being redundancy. 3. As the claimant was unrepresented, I spent additional time explaining procedure and the statutory tests. One of the witnesses had a back injury and I ensured, therefore, that regular breaks were take…