Mr C Alexander v Royal Mail Group Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) 5 Case Number: 4102549/2023 (formerly 8000093/2022) Hearing held in Glasgow over 4 days on 27, 30 and 31 October 2023 and 1 November 2023 10 Employment Judge M Whitcombe Tribunal Member Mr P O’Hagan Tribunal Member Mr S Singh 15 Mr Craig Alexander Claimant In person 20 Royal Mail Group Limited Respondent Represented by: Dr A Gibson 25 (Solicitor) 30

JUDGMENT The unanimous judgment of the Tribunal is as follows. 35 (1) The claimant is entitled to be paid unlawful deductions from wages in the sum of £3,234.38 (gross), and the respondent is ordered to pay that sum to the claimant. (2) None of the other claims are well-founded and so they are all dismissed.

REASONS Case No.: 4102549/2023 Page 2 Introduction and background

1. The claimant was formerly employed by the respondent from 17 January 5 2022 until 1 December 2022 as an Engineering Team Coach (“ETC”) on the “Late Shift” at the respondent’s Glasgow Mail Centre. The nature of the respondent’s business activities are well-known and require no further explanation. 10 2. It is common ground that the claimant was at all relevant times a disabled person for the ...

3. The claimant was dismissed for “failure to demonstrate your suitability for employment”. The respondent’s reasoning was essentially that the claimant was not capable of completing a wide range of physical tasks that were 20 required for his role and that the suggested adjustments to the role were not reasonable in all the circumstances. Claims and issues 25 4. By claim forms presented to the...