Source: XpertHR quick reference Date: 01-02-2012 Publisher: XpertHR

Compensation - discipline and grievance hearings

TOPICS:
terms, conditions and employee rights policies and procedures
employment tribunals and courts


Employees may claim compensation for the employer’s failure to comply with the right to be accompanied in disciplinary and grievance hearings. The amount payable and the limit are set out below. 

DISCIPLINE AND GRIEVANCE
Sections 10–15 of the Employment Relations Act 1999
Complaint Compensation payable under Amount payable Limit
Failure to comply with worker’s right to be accompanied in disciplinary and grievance hearings Section 11 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 Up to two “weeks’ pay”1 £860 maximum

1 The rules for calculating a “week’s pay” are contained in ss.220–229 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Maximum (unless “actual”): £430 (from 1 February 2012 - prior limit £400). 

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