Jason Elliott was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2013 and is the Associate Head of School of Law at Ulster University. As a practising barrister, he has developed a largely civil practice representing individuals, companies and public bodies in litigation. This covers a wide range of areas including personal injuries, wills and employment law. In terms of employment law, he has represented both applicants and respondents in the Industrial Tribunal. At Ulster University, Jason lectures extensively on the civil areas of practise such as Equity and Trusts and delivers employment law lectures for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The claimant was employed as a customer adviser in a call centre by the respondent from 4th April 2018 until she resigned on 14th October 2019. There were two claims lodged. The first was when she was still employed and was on the basis of discrimination on the grounds of gender, due to an alleged failure of the respondent to deal with her application for flexible working. The second was for unfair dismissal arising out of her resignation.
On 17th March 2019, the claimant sent an email to her line manager making a ‘statutory request to reduce…working hours’. The reason for this was family circumstances and being a lone parent. She requested to work four days per
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