Remedies and penalties

New and updated

• Discrimination remedies and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi, which concerned an injury to feelings award in relation to a discriminatory dismissal.

• Tribunal procedures and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include references to EAT decisions concerning the impact of the fees regime on claims presented out of time, the limits of a tribunal’s power in relation to the online publication of a judgment, and the persons who may be protected by an anonymisation order.

• Race discrimination: Compensation uplift for ignoring dismissal appeal and post-dismissal grievance

  Date:

  30 May 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered the level of race discrimination compensation for an employee whose appeal against her dismissal and post-dismissal grievance were ignored.

• Breach of contract: Directors personally liable for exploiting chicken catchers

  Date:

  24 April 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Antuzis and others v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd and others, the High Court held that the director and company secretary were both jointly and severally liable for the employer's statutory and contractual breaches.

• Maximum amount of a week's pay

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2019.

• Unfair dismissal basic award

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the amount of the basic award, with effect from 6 April 2019.

• Compensation - collective rights

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the limits applying to employment tribunal awards, with effect from 6 April 2019.

• 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 2019.

• Compensation - dismissal

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the basic and compensatory awards for unfair dismissal claims, with effect from 6 April 2019.

• Compensation - flexible working

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2019.