Claimant v Royal Mail Group Limited

The tribunal found that Mr Thorpe's conduct towards the claimant on or around 4 November 2023 amounted to direct sex discrimination. The tribunal considered it just and equitable to extend the time limit to allow this complaint to proceed despite it being presented outside the primary limitation period.

The tribunal found that the claimant had been subjected to victimisation, meaning she was subjected to a detriment because she had done a protected act under the Equality Act 2010. The claim was well-founded and succeeded in full.

The tribunal found that the complaints of harassment related to sexual orientation were not well-founded. The tribunal did not find that the claimant had been subjected to unwanted conduct related to sexual orientation that violated her dignity or created an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.

The tribunal found that the complaints of direct sexual orientation discrimination were not well-founded. The tribunal did not find that the claimant had been treated less favourably because of her sexual orientation than a comparable person of a different sexual orientation would have been treated.