Mr A Drysdale v Royal Mail Group Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001195/2024 5 Held in Glasgow on 9, 10 and 11 December 2024 Employment Judge S MacLean 10 Mr A Drysdale Claimant Represented by: Mr J Morgan, Barrister Instructed by: Mr B McLaughlin, Solicitor 15 Royal Mail Group Limited Respondent Represented by: Ms E Grant, Solicitor 20

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The judgment of the Employment Tribunal is that (1) the unfair dismissal claim is 25 dismissed; and (2) the respondent wrongfully dismissed the claimant and is ordered to pay the claimant damages in the sum of Four Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty Four Pounds and Thirty Six Pence (£4,734.36).

REASONS 30 Introduction

1. The respondent employed the claimant as operational postal grade between 16 June 2008 and 9 May 2024. The claimant complains that the respondent unfairly and wrongfully dismissed him. The respondent admits dismissing the claimant. The respondent says that the dismissal was for gross misconduct 35 and was substantively and procedurally fair. The respondent denies that the claimant was wrongfu...

2. At the final hearing, I heard evidence for the respondent from Ryan Murphy, customer operations manager; Dennis Brown, customer operations manager; 5 and Simon Walker, independent case manager. The claimant gave evidence on his own account. The witnesses referred to a file of documents.