Ms S Rashid v Student Loans Company Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000069/2024 5 Held in Glasgow on 10, 11 & 12 March 2025 Employment Judge L Wiseman Members L Brown & G McKay 10 Ms S Rashid Claimant In Person 15 Student Loans Company Ltd Respondent Represented by: Ms N Sandhu - Solicitor 20

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The Judgment of the Tribunal was: (i) the complaints of discrimination (failure to make reasonable 25 adjustments, section 20 Equality Act; harassment, section 26 Equality Act; direct discrimination, section 13 Equality Act) and flexible working request (section 80G Employment Rights Act) were presented late and a Tribunal has no jurisdiction to determine tho...

REASONS

1. The claimant presented a claim to the Employment Tribunal on the 22 January 2024 alleging she had been unfairly dismissed and discriminated against because of the protected characteristics of disability and race/religion. 5 2. The respondent entered a Response in which it admitted dismissing the claimant for reasons of capability (following long term sickness absence) but denying the dismiss...

5. The Tribunal heard evidence from Ms Karen Sutherland, the claimant’s line manager who took the decision to dismiss; Ms Amanda Cairns, Senior People 25 Adviser; Ms Jacqueline Brown, Operations Leader who heard the claimant’s appeal; the claimant and the claimant’s witness Ms Tabassum Niamat. Each witness had prepared a witness statement.