Remedies and penalties

New and updated

• Unfair dismissal

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on City of York Council v Grosset, in which the Court of Appeal confirmed that a dismissal which is in breach of the Equality Act 2010 may still be a fair dismissal.

• Tribunal procedures and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to Wentworth-Wood and others v Maritime Transport Ltd, in which the EAT considered the employment tribunal's power to make wasted costs orders.

• Consultation on labour market enforcement strategy for 2019/20

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on the issues on which the director of labour market enforcement would like to receive evidence to inform his strategy for 2019/20, which is due for publication in 2019.

• Discrimination remedies and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to clarify the tax treatment of injury to feelings awards and to include a reference to Reading Borough Council v James and others, in which the EAT considered arrears of pay in equal pay awards.

• 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.