Remedies and penalties

New and updated

• Unfair dismissal

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Mbubaegbu v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in which the EAT held that a summary dismissal was fair despite no single act of gross misconduct; and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood, concerning the date when a notice period begins.

• Tribunal procedures and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Remploy Ltd v Lowen-Bulger, in which the EAT considered the employment tribunal's discretion to grant or refuse a witness order.

• Employer pension contributions included when calculating a "week's pay"

  Date:

  1 May 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In University of Sunderland v Drossou, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that employer pension contributions should be included when calculating a "week's pay" under s.221(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

• Industrial tribunal award limits increase in Northern Ireland

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Limits applying to various industrial tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation increase.

• Award limits and amounts payable under employment legislation - Northern Ireland

  Type:

  Quick reference

  A table summarising the award limits and amounts payable under employment legislation in Northern Ireland.

• Is there a limit on the compensation that can be awarded in a discrimination claim?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Compensation - collective rights

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the limits applying to employment tribunal awards, with effect from 6 April 2018.

• Compensation - discipline and grievance hearings

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to take into account an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2018.

• Compensation - dismissal

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the limits applying to employment tribunal awards, with effect from 6 April 2018.

• Compensation - flexible working

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2018.