C v Browns Food Group Ltd

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000075/2023 5 Held in Glasgow on 24 July 2023 Employment Judge B Campbell C Claimant 10 In Person Browns Food Group Limited Respondent Represented by: Mr D James - 15 Counsel

JUDGMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL The judgment of the tribunal is that: 20 1. the claimant had a disability as defined in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 by way of anxiety and depression at the material time for the purposes of his claim, and 2. the claim will proceed to a full hearing.

REASONS 25 General

1. This claim arises out of the claimant's employment with the respondent which ended on 25 November 2022. He alleges direct disability discrimination, discrimination arising from disability and harassment on the part of his employer. 30 2. The claimant relies on the protected characteristic of disability under the Equality Act 2010 (the 'Act'). The condition founded upon is anxiety and depress...

3. This preliminary hearing had as its sole purpose the objective of determining whether the claimant was a disabled person in that statutory sense. 5 4. The period of 1 December 2022 until 30 April 2023 was treated as the material time for the purpose of assessing whether the claimant had a disability. This covers the dates of all acts he refers to in support of his complaints.