BT plc

Case No: 2307596/2020 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL S Claimant: Mr W Hall Respondent: BT plc Heard at: Croydon Employment Tribunal On: 24, 25, 26 April 2023 16,17,18 October 2023 In chambers: 25, 26 October, 27 November and 19 December 2023 Before: Employment Judge Barker Ms R Serpis Ms C Oldfield Representation Claimant: Mr Crammond (counsel) Respondent: Mr Sheehan (counsel) RESERVED JUDGMENT The unanimous decision of the Tribunal is that: 1. The claimant was not unfairly dismissed; 2. The claimant was not subjected to unlawful direct discrimination by reason of his sex; 3. The claimant was not subjected to unlawful direct disability discrimination by association with a disabled person; 4. The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to consider the claimant’s claim of indirect disability discrimination by association with a disabled person, on the basis that the claim does not fall within the scope of the Equality Act 2010 or the case of CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD v Kosimia za Zashtita ot Diskriminatsia: C-83/14, [2015] IRLR 746. 5. The claimant’s application for a privacy order under Rule 50 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure Regulations 2013 is refused, as it has been possible to provide this reserved decision without disclosing any information about the claimant’s daughter that the claimant has requested Case No: 2307596/2020 2 remain private. REASONS Background Matters and issues for the Tribunal to decide 1. The claimant worked for the respondent from 8 December 1997 until the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy on 1 September 2020. He engaged in ACAS Early Conciliation from 12 October 2020 until 12 November 2020 and by a claim form lodged at the Tribunal on 16 November 2020, brought claims against the respondent of unfair dismissal and di...