Employment Compensation Levels

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Employment Compensation Levels

Employment Tribunals: The Levels of Compensation Justify Using a Professional

If you have been treated unfairly at work you may have a remedy.

A barrister’s help is advisable because levels of compensation are not insignificant.

Half of claimants already use lawyers (usually barristers at the actual hearings) so do most employers on the receiving end of claims.

Barristers are expert advocates. It is to a barrister that most solicitors will go to represent their client at Tribunal hearings even when their client has consulted the solicitor first.

We have carried out an assessment of compensation awards for the year 2008/2009 in Employment Tribunals in England and Wales*.

Employment Tribunals accepted 151,000 claims in 2008/9*, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) received 1,794 appeals.

• 85, 871 claimants were represented by lawyers in the Employment Tribunals.

• Costs orders are very rarely made against a claimant: 265 cases in this year

• £84,005 was the maximum compensation award for cases where Unfair Dismissal was an element

• £7,959 was the average compensation award in that category

• £1,353,432 was the maximum compensation award where Race Discrimination was an element

• £32,115 was the average compensation award in that category

• £113,106 was the maximum compensation award where Sex Discrimination was an element

• £11, 025 was the average compensation award in that category

• £388,612 was the maximum compensation award where Disability Discrimination was an element

• £27,235 was the average compensation award in that category

• £24,876 was the maximum compensation award where Religious Discrimination was an element

• £10,616 was the average compensation award in that category

• £63,222 was the maximum compensation award where Sexual Orientation Discrimination was an element

• £23,668 was the average compensation award in that category

• £90,031 was the maximum compensation award where Age Discrimination was an element

• £8,869 was the average compensation award in that category

• £10,000+ was awarded in about a quarter of cases.

The Claims Made Most Were Under the Following Headings:

Unfair dismissal
Unauthorised deductions from wages
Breach of contract
Sex discrimination
Working Time Directive
Redundancy pay
Disability discrimination
Redundancy – failure to inform and consult
Equal pay
Race discrimination
Written statement of terms and conditions
Written statement of reasons for dismissal
Written pay statement
Transfer of an undertaking - failure to inform and consult
Suffer a detriment / unfair dismissal - pregnancy
Part Time Workers Regulations
National minimum wage
Discrimination on grounds of Religion or Belief
Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation
Age Discrimination

If you would like us to advise on a claim or present a claim in the Employment Tribunal contact Gerard Quirke on 07983 565690.

* Figures from Tribunals Service Employment Tribunal and EAT Statistics (GB) 1 April to 31 March 2009

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