Staffline Recruitment Ltd

Case No: 6028798/2025 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss Kurdybelska Respondent: Staffline Recruitment Limited Heard at: Nottingham On: 8 January 2026 Before: Employment Judge New Representation Claimant: Litigant in person (assisted by Polish interpreter, Ms Johnson) Respondent: Mr Symons (solicitor) RESERVED JUDGMENT The complaint that the claimant was constructively unfairly dismissed is not well founded. REASONS Introduction 1. The Respondent, Staffline Recruitment Limited, is a large recruitment business who provide temporary workers to its clients. Until she resigned on 20 March 2025, the Claimant was employed by the Respondent as an Account Coordinator. 2. The Claimant accepts that she resigned, but she claims that this was forced to do so during a meeting on 20 March 2025 in the face of an ultimatum from the Respondent – either she resign on the spot or be dismissed for gross misconduct. She alleges that other comments were made to her by the Respondent all of which added to the coercion and manipulation which left her feeling backed into a corner. She therefore claims constructive unfair dismissal. 3. The Respondent contests the claim. It says that the Respondent had concerns about the Claimant’s performance and conduct and that it was Case No: 6028798/2025 planning to have a meeting with the Claimant to discuss those concerns. It accepts that in advance of that planned meeting, the Claimant’s line manager had a conversation with the Claimant on 20 March 2025 to give her a heads up that a formal meeting to discuss concerns about her performance/conduct would be arranged for the following day. The Respondent denies that any ultimatum was given, or that she was offered the opportunity to resign. Instead, it says that the Claimant decided in that meeting to tender her voluntary resignation. It therefore resists the claim for constructive unfair dismi…