Injury to feelings awards: contradictory EAT decisions on 10% uplift
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Chawla v Hewlett Packard Ltd [2015] IRLR 356 EAT (1 other report)
Chawla v Hewlett Packard Ltd [2015] IRLR 356 EAT
discrimination | injury to feelings | uplift
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has contradicted its previous decisions by saying that the 10% uplift on general damages in civil claims ordered by the Court of Appeal does not apply to compensation for injury to feelings caused by discrimination.