Remedies and penalties

New and updated

• Discrimination remedies and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information about changes to penalties for breaches with an "aggravating feature", and the employment tribunal naming scheme.

• Tribunal procedures and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information about changes to penalties for breaches with an "aggravating feature", and the employment tribunal naming scheme.

• Maximum penalty for aggravated breach increases to £20,000

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The maximum penalty that an employment tribunal can order for an aggravated breach of a worker's rights increases from £5,000 to £20,000.

• Unfair dismissal awards 2017/18

  Type:

  Quick reference

  A table listing the unfair dismissal awards made by employment tribunals in 2017/18.

• Are figures available on the amount of compensation awarded in unfair dismissal cases?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Unfair dismissal

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Talon Engineering Ltd v Smith, concerning the employer's refusal to postpone a disciplinary hearing to allow the employee to be accompanied.

• 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.

• 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.