Group Employment Services Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000543/2025 Held in Aberdeen by Cloud Video Platform (CVP) on 10 July 2025 Employment Judge J McCluskey Mr R P Gill Claimant In Person Group Employment Services LimitedRespondent Represented by: Mr R Lyons - Consultant JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The judgment of the Tribunal is that: 1. The complaint of indirect religion or belief discrimination about an allegation said to have occurred on or around 6 May 2024 was not presented within the applicable time limit but it is just and equitable to extend the time limit. This complaint will therefore proceed. 2. The application to strike out the complaint of direct religion or belief discrimination about non-payment of bonus said to have occurred on or around 10 December 2024 is refused. 3. The application for a deposit order as a condition of continuing to advance the complaint of direct religion or belief discrimination about non-payment of bonus said to have occurred on or around 10 December 2024 is refused. REASONS Introduction 1. There was a case management preliminary hearing on 1 May 2025. At that hearing the case was listed for a public preliminary hearing on 10 July 2025 to determine time bar in relation to the complaint of indirect religion or belief discrimination said by the claimant to have occurred on 6 June 2024 - this 8000543/2025Page2 was the date noted by EJ Hosie in the note of the case management hearing and sent to parties on 7 May 2025 2. At the same hearing on 1 May 2025, the respondent submitted that the second complaint made by the claimant, of direct religion or belief discrimination, about not receiving a bonus on 10 December 2024 should be struck out as having no reasonable prospect of success or alternatively the claimant should be ordered to pay a deposit as a condition of continuing with this complaint. EJ Hosie ...