Source: Discrimination Compensation Guide Issue: 2005 Date: 01-09-2005 Publisher: IRS

Discrimination compensation guide 2005: Disability discrimination - financial loss

TOPICS:
terms, conditions and employee rights employment tribunals and courts
equal opportunities disability
tribunal procedures and penalties


The EOR Guide to Compensation in Discrimination Cases for 2005 provides summaries on decisions awarding compensation for loss of earnings for disability discrimination.

Loss of earnings

Claimant agreed that fair dismissal could have occurred during long term sickness absence - loss limited to contractual sick pay period

Westcott v Braintree District Council 25 May 2004; case no.3202246/2002 (full facts)

Ms Westcott was unable to look for work, because of her injury, for more than one year from her accident, although a medical report gave the view that it would have been unlikely that this could have been predicted at three weeks from injury.

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