Quartey v Riverside Housing Association

EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL 58 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON EC4Y 0DS At the Tribunal On 23 February 1998 Before

The Industrial Tribunal heard the applications over a period of no less than five days on 6th, 7th and 8th August and 9th and 10th September 1997. Mr Quartey was represented by a solicitor. By its reserved decision running to ten pages, the Industrial Tribunal unanimously dismissed Mr Quartey's claims, reaching the view that they were wholly without merit.

Mr Quartey this morning has raised two particular matters. The first is that it was clear, he said, that he was less favourably treated than another employee, a void supervisor, who had also overspent. But the Industrial Tribunal made a specific finding in relation to that, saying that the other employee had informed Mr Branthwaite, the Property Manager for Liverpool South, of the reasons for his overspend and had taken precautions to reduce spending thereafter, which was a distinction which, in our judgment, the Industrial Tribunal was entitled to find.

The other specific point which Mr Quartey has taken this morning is to allege that the employer was in breach of its own disciplinary procedures in respect of paragraph 157 which reads:

However, Mr Quartey's suspension was a suspension which did operate while there was an investigation into the circumstances of Mr Quartey's case.