GXO Logistics UK Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No:8000481/2025 Open Preliminary Hearing held inGlasgowon21 July 2025 Employment JudgeCampbell Mr J SalajClaimant In Person GXO Logistics UK LimitedRespondent Represented by: Mr A Collington- Solicitor JUDGMENT OF THEEMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL 1. The respondent’s application to strike out all or part of the claim is granted to the extent it covers complaints not related to work allocated to the claimant following his return to work from absence in July or August 2022; 2. The remainder of the claim proceeds; and 3. The respondent’s application for a deposit order is refused. REASONS Introduction 1.This was an open preliminary hearing in the claim of Mr Salaj against his current employer, GXO Logistics Limited. He works as a warehouse operative in East Kilbride and deals with the movement and storage of stock of a major supermarket. 2.Mr Salaj (‘theclaimant’) states in his claim form that he began working in his role in August 2007, that his original employer was DHL, and that his employment transferred to the respondent in July 2023. He alleges discrimination based on race under the Equality Act 2010 (‘EqA’). He is of Slovakian nationality.English is not his first language, although he was able 8000481/2025Page2 to communicate today without an interpreter provided technical legal terms were not used. 3.The purpose of this hearing was to decide: a.Whether all or part of the claim should be struck out because it had no reasonable prospect of success, under rule 38 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (the‘rules’); or b.Whether the claimant should be ordered to pay a deposit before being able tocontinuewith all or part of his claim under rule 40 of the rules. 4.I had available to view the electronic case file which included the claim and response form, the note and orders issued after a case management hearing on 17 April 2024, the responden...