Miss S Long V White Young Green - Tetratech: 1802770/2020
JUDGMENT
The complaint that the Claimant was unfairly dismissed is struck out.REASONS
[2]Section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 requires a Claimant to have not less than two years’ service to make an unfair dismissal complaint.[3]The Claimant was employed by the Respondent for less than two years.[4]Therefore the Claimant is not entitled to bring such a complaint.[5]The Claimant has failed to give any reason, despite being given the opportunity to do so, why the complaint should not be struck out.[6]Accordingly, the complaint of unfair dismissal is struck out. The Claimant’s other complaints are not affected by this Judgment. Employment Judge Cox Date: 25 June 2020 Case No: 1802770/2020 6.2 Strike out Judgment – claim - rule 37 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss S Long Respondent: White Young Green - Tetratech[1]By a letter dated 12 August 2020 the Tribunal gave the claimant an opportunity to make representations or to request a hearing, as to why the claim should not be struck out because she had not responded to the letter from the Tribunal dated 13 July 2020 or agreed a bundle of documents and had not responded to the letter of 2 September 2020.[2]The claimant wrote on 12 August 2020, but did not explain why she had not responded to the letter of 13 July 2020 and she has not responded at all to the letter of 2 September 2020 nor requested a hearing.[3]In the circumstances the claimant has failed actively to pursue her claim, a fair hearing is no longer possible and so the claim is struck out.