Mr A Swainston-Hunt v UCS Renewables Ltd and Rayner Electrical Services Ltd: 2502295/2022
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 an acceptable 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 Swann Date: 22/5/2023[1]At all material times the Claimant was an employee of the second Respondent:[2]The second Respondent is ordered to pay to the Claimant the sum of £341.68 in unpaid expenses incurred by the Claimant in the course of his employment and properly due him: and[3]The second Respondent made unauthorised deductions from the Claimant’s wages and is ordered to pay the net sum of £476 to him.[4]The claims against the first Respondent are dismissed.