Mr R Fontella v Tesco Stores Ltd: 1601779/2020

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 1601779/2020
Mr R FontellaClaimantTesco Stores LtdRespondent
Employment Judge R F PowellMr Brown (instructed by Solicitor) for respondentDate 8 March 2021

JUDGMENT

[1]The claimant’s application to amend his claim, dated the 25 February 2021, is allowed in part:1.1 The application to amend the claim to assert victimisation, in respect of events which are alleged to have occurred after the 28th May 2020 is allowed.1.2 The application to amend the claim to assert four acts of direct discrimination/victimisation which occurred on or after the 22nd January 2021 is allowed.1.3 The application to amend, as set out in the section 4 of the application to amend are allowed save for those particulars set out below.[2]The following amendments were refused:2.1 The 2016 allegation.2.2 The allegation that discriminatory comments were made about the claimant’s appearance on the 13 May 2020.2.3 The allegation of swearing at the claimant on the 17th May 2020. 2.4The allegation of unspecified “inappropriate comments” on the 1st June 2020 2.5 The July 2020 allegation that the claimant was told that there were no racists in the store in which he worked. Case Number: 1601779/2020[3]Upon withdrawal by the claimant, the claims of sex discrimination, religious discrimination and disability discrimination are dismissed.