Employment Judge Warren sitting with lay members:-Ms Ferrario (instructed by Counsel) for claimantMr Gibson (instructed by Solicitor) for respondentDate 15 January 2021
[1]The claim of detriment under section 47(C)1 Employment Rights Act 1996 is well founded and succeeds. The claimant was subjected to detriments by failures of the respondent which related to her pregnancy.[2]The claim of discrimination because of the claimant’s protected characteristic of sex, namely pregnancy, is well founded and succeeds.[3]The claim of harassment because of the claimant’s protected characteristic of sex, namely pregnancy, is well founded and succeeds.[4]All of the allegations relate to each of the heads of claim and are in effect triplicated. Only one award of damages for injury to feelings is thus made.[5]The respondent is ordered to pay to the claimant the sum of eight thousand and five hundred pounds by way of compensation for the injury to her feelings.[6]The respondent is further ordered to pay interest on the above sum from 19th June 2019 to 15 January 2021 at eight per cent, namely one thousand and seventy two pounds. Case Number: 2414746/2019 Code V 2 of 3 ________________________________ Employment Judge Warren DATE 15 January 2021 JUDGEMENT SENT TO THE PARTIES ON 5 February 2021 FOR THE TRIBUNAL OFFICE Written reasons may be requested within 14 days Case Number: 2414746/2019 Code V 3 of 3 NOTICE THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (INTEREST) ORDER 1990 Tribunal case number: 2414746/2019 Name of case: Ms N Hill v The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust The Employment Tribunals (Interest) Order 1990 provides that sums of money payable as a result of a judgment of an Employment Tribunal (excluding discrimination or equal pay awards or sums representing costs or expenses), shall carry interest where the sum remains unpaid on a day (“the calculation day”) 42 days after the day (“the relevant judgment day”) that the document containing the tribunal’s judgment is recorded as having been sent to the parties. The rate of interest payable is that specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 on the relevant judgment day. This is known as "the stipulated rate of interest" and the rate applicable in your case is set out below. The following information in respect of this case is provided by the Secretary of the Tribunals in accordance with the requirements of Article 12 of the Order:- "the relevant judgment day" is: 5 February 2021 "the calculation day" is: 6 February 2021 "the stipulated rate of interest" is: 8% For and on Behalf of the Secretary of the Tribunals