Aspire Housing and Personal Development

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000708/2025 5 Held in Glasgow on 17, 18, 19, 22, 23 and 24 September 2025 Employment Judge E Mannion Ms F Z Ouchrif Claimant In Person10 Aspire Housing and Personal DevelopmentRespondent Represented by:15 Ms L Reed - Solicitor JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Employment Tribunal finds the following:20 1. That the respondent harassed the claimant when she was subjected to mocking comments about her accent and was informed that if she wished to live in Scotland she should “learn how to speak Scottish”; 2. That the respondent directly discriminated against the claimant when she was subjected to the treatment set out at 1 above.25 3. That the respondent victimised the claimant when it failed to provide an outcome to her grievance and failed to support her during her sickness absence; and 4. The respondent is ordered to pay £16,433.42. REASONS30 1. The claimant lodged a claim in the Employment Tribunal on 19 March 2025 claiming direct race discrimination, harassment and victimisation. The respondent resisted the claim. 2. A joint bundle of documents was prepared for the hearing. 3. The claimant made an application that three of her witnesses Lynsey Godfrey,35 Tracy Khalil and AbdelJalil Lmir give evidence by CVP as they work night shift 8000708/2025Page2 and/or had childcare issues. There was no objection to this from the respondent and so this was granted. The parties discussed and agreed timetabling with the claimant giving her evidence first and her witnesses following the claimant’s evidence. Ultimately due to the length of the claimant’s evidence and witness availability, as the hearing progressed it was5 agreed that some of the witnesses would be taken out of order. The detail of this is below. 4. At the outset of the hearing, I explained the process of the hearing...