Miss A Bowden v Highland Country Buses Ltd

5 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000543/2024 10 Held at Aberdeen on 10 and 11 September 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie 15 Miss Alison Bowden Claimant Represented by: Mrs N Main - Sister 20 Highland Country Buses Limited Respondent Represented by: Ms M Dalziel - Solicitor 25

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Tribunal is that:- 1. the claimant was unfairly dismissed by the respondent; 30 2. the claimant is entitled to an award of compensation comprising a Basic Award and a Compensatory Award; 3. the Basic Award will be reduced by 25 per cent to reflect the claimant’s contributory fault; 4. as the dismissal was unfair, only on procedural grounds...

E.T. Z4 (WR) 8000543/2024 Page 2 5. the Compensatory Award will be reduced by a further 25 per cent to reflect the claimant’s contributory fault; 6. parties are directed to liaise with a view to agreeing the award of compensation, failing which a Remedy Hearing will be fixed; and 5 7. the claim of a failure to allow the claimant to be accompanied at various hearings is dismissed.

REASONS Introduction 10 1. Miss Alison Bowden claimed that she was unfairly dismissed by the respondent Company, Highland Country Buses Limited. The respondent admitted the dismissal but claimed that the reason was conduct and that it was fair.

2. In her claim form, Miss Bowden had also intimated a claim of a failure to 15 allow her to be accompanied at various meetings/hearings. However, it became clear during the hearing that this claim was without foundation. This was accepted by Miss Bowden. The claim is therefore dismissed. The evidence