Miss W Zulu v Habitat Support Services Ltd and Others: 6022697/2024

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

Case No 6022697/2024

Between

Miss W ZuluClaimant

1. Habitat Support Services Ltd 2. Mr Isaac Harriot Miller 3. Miss Michelle HarriotRespondent

Before

Employment Judge Rayner

Not represented for claimant

Date 12 May 2026

JUDGMENT

[1]The Claimant’s application to join Mr Isaac Harriot-Miller and Miss Michelle Harriot as named Respondents in respect of the Claimant’s discrimination claims was granted.

[2]The Respondents application to adjourn the hearing was refused.

[3]The Claimant’s claim that she was automatically and unfairly dismissed for a reason related to pregnancy is well founded and succeeds.

[4]The Claimant’s claims that she was discriminated against because of pregnancy by the Respondentsa. cancelling a shift on the 10 October 2024

b. failing to transfer the Claimant to an alternative service user

c. dismissing her are well founded and succeed.

[5]The Claimant’s claim that the Respondents failed to provide the Claimant with an adequate or accurate statement of written reasons for her dismissal is well founded and succeeds.

[6]The Claimant’s claim that the Respondents failed to redeploy the Claimant or suspend her on full pay contrary to section 67 and 68 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is well founded and succeeds.

[7]The Claimant’s claimed that she was subject to unlawful deductions from wages as followsa. August 2024 making a deduction of £321.80 in respect of certificate of Sponsorship;

b. September 2024 making a deduction of £321.80 in respect of a certificate of sponsorship

c. in October 2024 making a deduction of £250 in respect of team teach

d. in October 2024 making a deduction in respect of rent for the sum of £600

e. in October 2024 making a deduction of £1609.00 in respect of a loan are well founded and succeed

[8]The Claimant is awarded the following remedies and compensationa. An injury to feeling award in respect of pregnancy discrimination of £15,000 only.

b. Compensation for past loss of earnings from 11th October 2024 until 12 May 2025, including loss of statutory maternity pay, arising from pregnancy discrimination of £11980.39

c. Compensation for future loss of earnings of £3623.08, arising from pregnancy discrimination, including £2500.00 in respect of future accrued holiday pay;

d. Interest on the injury to feeling award calculated at 8% per annum from the 11 October 2024 until 12 May 2026 of £1892.31

e. Interest on the past loss of earnings only for I year at 8%, of £958.4.

f. the sum of two weeks gross pay, @ £450 a week , being £900.00 in respect of failure to provide adequate written reasons for dismissal.

g. In respect of unlawful deductions from wages the following amounts: i. £ 321.80 in respect of sponsorship from August 2024 ii. £321.80 in respect of sponsorship from September 2024 iii. £250.00 in respect of team teach from October 2024 iv. £600 .00 in respect of deduction of rent from October 2024 v. £1609.00 in respect of the deduction or a loan in October

[9]The total award in respect of discrimination is £33454.18

[10]The total amount now payable by the Respondents to the Claimant is £37456.78 Judgment approved by