Serco Ltd

Case No: 3302912/2024 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Mr Mohammed Rahman Respondent: Serco Limited RECORD OF A PRELIMINARY HEARING Heard at: Bury St Edmunds via CVP On: 20 August 2025 Before: Employment Judge Bartlett Appearances For the claimant: Mr Chowdhury For the respondent: Ms T Crane RESERVED JUDGMENT ON A PRELIMINARY ISSUE 1. The claimant’s unfair dismissal claim is strikeout for want of jurisdiction. 2. The claimant’s claim in respect of 39.81 hours of unpaid holiday as an unlawful deduction from wages is subject to a deposit order of £50 see separate order. 3. The claimant’s claim in respect of any amount beyond 39.81 hours of unpaid holiday as an unlawful deduction from wages claim is struck out. 4. The direct race discrimination claims are in time and no further orders are made in respect of them. Case No: 3302912/2024 REASONS Background 1. This was a one day preliminary hearing which had been scheduled at the case management hearing which took place on 4 March 2025. The summary of that hearing set out that the issues to be decided at this hearing were as follows: 2. This hearing was originally listed for 1 July 2025 but was postponed due to the claimant’s illness. It set out that the purpose of this preliminary hearing was as follows: 3. I considered that the same issues are in essence listed in both documents quoted above. 4. The first part of this hearing was spent trying to clarify the claims as I considered that I would not be able to make my decision until the claims were clear. 5. It was confirmed that all of the claimant’s race discrimination claims were direct race discrimination. 6. It was agreed that section 1.2 of the 4 March 2025 case management orders sets out all the claimant’s race discrimination claims. Mr Chowdhury confirmed that all of the issues from 1.2.4 inclu...