Mr P Finlay v Merlin Travel Group Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001287/2024 Expenses Hearing held in Chambers in Aberdeen on 4 December 2025 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr Peter Finlay Claimant In Person Assisted by Mr A Leslie, Friend Merlin Travel Group Ltd Respondent Represented by Mr S Connolly, Solicitor

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Tribunal having considered the respondent’s application for expenses refuses same.

REASONS

1. The claimant in his ET1 seeks findings that he was unfairly dismissed by the respondent. He claimed ‘worker status’ and also that he was an employee who had a claim for ‘automatically unfair dismissal’ because of whistleblowing disclosures he had made. 8001287/2024 Page 2

2. The claims were resisted. The respondent’s position was that the claimant was a self-employed contractor and worked under a commercial contract and that he had full control over his own business operations and accordingly was not a worker or employee protected by the relevant whistleblowing legislation.