Employment Tribunals

Case Number: 2303077/2019 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS BETWEEN Claimant: Mr P de Coste Respondent: Axis Elevators HELD AT: London South Tribunals ON: 14 October 2021 Before: Regional Employment Judge Freer Appearances For the Claimant: In person with his brother Mark de Coste For the Respondent: Not attending JUDGMENT Upon the Respondent having failed to enter a Response pursuant to Rule 21 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution & Rules of Procedure) 2013 And having received evidence and submissions from the Claimant It is the judgment of the Tribunal that: 1) The Claimant’s claims of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination are well founded; 2) The Respondent shall pay to the Claimant a total sum of £16,997.11 comprising the following: 3) A Basic Award of £1,038.45; 4) A Compensatory Award of £5,518.66, comprising £4,818.66 for loss of earnings and £700 for loss of statutory rights; 5) A sum for injury to feelings of £9,000 in respect of the discrimination claim; Case Number: 2303077/2019 6) A sum of £1,440 being interest payable on the award of injury to feelings; 7) The Claimant was in receipt of JSA for a period, therefore in respect of the award of compensation for unfair dismissal and for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Employment Protection (Recoupment of Benefits) Regulations 1996: The Prescribed Element is: £4,818.66; The Prescribed Period is: 08 May 2019 to 09 October 2019; The total monetary award for unfair dismissal is: £6,557.11; The excess of the total monetary award over the Prescribed Element is: £1,738.45. Regional Employment Judge Freer Date: 14 October 2021 The reasons for this decision were given orally at the hearing. Written reasons will not be provided unless they are asked for by a written request presented by any party within 14 days of this written judgment being sent to the parties. Public access to employment tribunal decisions Note that both judgments and reasons for the judgments are published, in full, online at www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions shortly after a copy has been sent to the parties.