Halfords Autocentres Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case no 4100857/2022 Held at Glasgow on 4, 5 and 6 May 2022 Employment Judge W A Meiklejohn Claimant In Person Mr R Bodman Halfords Autocentres Ltd Respondent Represented by: Ms A Baylis - Counsel JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Employment Tribunal is as follows - (a) the claimant was not unfairly dismissed by the respondent and his claim of unfair dismissal fails and is dismissed; and (b) the claimant did not suffer an unlawful deduction of wages and his claim in respect of that fails and is dismissed. REASONS 1 . This case came before me for a final hearing to deal with both liability and remedy. The claimant appeared in person and Ms Baylis represented the respondent. The hearing was conducted on a hybrid basis with all of the respondents witnesses participating remotely by means of the Cloud Video Platform. Nature of claims 4100857/2022 Page 2 2. The claimant brought claims of constructive unfair dismissal and unlawful deduction of wages. In relation to the unfair dismissal claim, the claimant alleged that he had resigned in response to a breach by the respondent of the obligation of mutual trust and confidence. In relation to the unlawful deduction claim, the claimant alleged that the deduction by the respondent of the sum of £2673.60 from his pay in December 2021 was unlawful. These claims were resisted by the respondent. List of issues 3. At the start of the hearing Ms Baylis provided me with the respondent’s chronology and list of issues. I understood that the chronology had been largely agreed with the claimant. Amendment 4. In the course of the claimant giving his evidence, it became apparent that he might be relying on a different “last straw? event from ...