Miss A Lea v British Telecommunications plc: 2411962/2023

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case No 2411962/2023
Miss A LeaClaimantBritish Telecommunications plcRespondent
Employment Judge CooksonMr C Mills (instructed by Counsel) for claimantMs A Jervis (instructed by Advocate) for respondentDate 8 September 2025

JUDGMENT

[1]The complaint of unfavourable treatment because of pregnancy or because at the relevant time the claimant was exercising or had exercised her right to maternity leave is not well-founded and is dismissed.[2]The complaint under section 80F of the Employment Rights Act was well founded in that the respondent failed to deal with the claimant’s application for flexible working in a reasonable manner. The complaint that the respondent had refused the application for a reason other one of the statutory grounds in s80(1)(b) is not well founded. The respondent is ordered to pay the claimant the sum of £3411.36 (being six weeks’ pay). Approved by: