Highland Coaches Ltd and N M Maran

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000921/2024 Held in Glasgow via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 24, 27 – 31 October 2025 Employment Judge Murphy Tribunal Member I Ashraf Tribunal Member J McCaig Mr D Sookur Claimant In Person Highland Coaches Limited Respondent Represented by: Ms L Halsall - Counsel Nesamani Muthu Maran Respondent Represented by: Ms L Halsall - Counsel JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The unanimous judgment of the Tribunal is that: In Summary: 1. All of the claimant’s complaints against R1 and R2 are dismissed except the complaint that R1 made an unauthorised deduction from wages in respect of a failure to pay in lieu of accrued untaken holiday on termination which succeeds to the extent of 5 days’ accrued annual leave only (as set out in paragraph [12] below). In detail: 2. The Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to hear the following complaints of direct race discrimination under section 13 of the Equality Act 2010 (EA) which were not brought within the time limit in section 123 of EA. These complaints are, therefore, dismissed for lack of jurisdiction: 8000921/2024 Page 2 a. the complaint that from November 2022, R1 excluded C from operational management decisions at certain hotels and devolved certain of the claimant’s duties to others; b. the complaint that in August 2023, P Belhay instructed the claimant’s team to contact him directly if there was any ‘monkey business’, referring to the claimant’s conduct; c. the complaint that in or around November 2023, the claimant was not offered any opportunity to apply for the role of Cluster General Manag...