McCurrach UK Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100002/2025 5 Held in Glasgow via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 8. 9 and 10 December 2025 Employment Judge A Jones Mr J I Lofulo Claimant10 In Person McCurrach UK LtdRespondent15 Represented by: Edinburgh Ms A Acheampong - Litigation Consultant JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL20 1. The respondent unlawfully deducted the sum of£295 (TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE POUNDS) from the claimant’s wages and is ordered to repay that sum to him. 2. The claimant was not discriminated against because of the protected characteristic of race.25 3. The claimant did not do a protected act and was not victimised. REASONS Introduction 1. The claimant presented a claim on 3 January 2025. He alleged that he had been discriminated against on grounds of race, that he was not given a copy30 of his contract of employment, he had been victimised and that the respondent had made unlawful deductions from his wages. The claimant accepted at the beginning of the hearing that he had received a copy of his contract, and this was not a matter being pursued by him. 2. The claimant had initially been represented by a firm of solicitors but by the35 time of this hearing he was representing himself. His partner was present as a support during most of the hearing. At the commencement of the hearing, I sought to clarify the issues in dispute. There had been considerable 4100002/2025Page2 correspondence between the parties in the lead up to the hearing. The claimant suggested that he had been given an opportunity by another Employment Judge to provide his own list of issues as he did not agree with that provided by the respondent which had previously been agreed with the claimant’s former representatives. I had to explain on a number of occasions5 to the claimant that this did not mean that he could alter the basis of his claim. I explained that his claim was what was se...