Former NHS doctor awarded almost £4.5m for race and sex discrimination

An employment tribunal has awarded a former NHS doctor one of the largest ever discrimination payouts after she was subjected to a sustained campaign of sex and race discrimination. The tribunal found the NHS trust and three senior managers, one of whom was the HR director, jointly and severally liable for compensation. 

• Race and sex discrimination: former NHS doctor with post-traumatic stress disorder awarded almost £4.5m Read a full report on the employment tribunal's remedy judgment in Michalak v Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in XpertHR's case reports section. 

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Sex discrimination awards 2010/11 and Race discrimination awards 2010/11 The 2010/11 Tribunals Service report on employment tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal statistics sets out the amount of compensation awarded for sex and race discrimination in 2010/11. 

In the employment tribunals Read summaries of more cases in which employment tribunals paid large awards: 

• Unfairly dismissed whistleblower wins £1.2 million compensation Compensation for a successful whistleblowing claim is unlimited, as the employer in this case found to its cost. 
• £792,000 award for harassed and unfairly dismissed disabled football journalist In this case, the employer’s unrelenting desire to dismiss the employee resulted in the highest disability discrimination award in the period from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010.