Employers Beware: Compensation for Injury to Feelings now available in Unfair Dismissal Cases

• Author:
• Tarlo Lyons

A landmark decision of the Court of Appeal in Dunnachie -v- Kingston upon Hull City Council was handed down yesterday [reported yesterday by Workplace Law Network] reversing the 30-year established principle that an award of compensation for unfair dismissal cannot include an element to take account of an employee's hurt feelings arising out of the dismissal.

Based on the Court of Appeal's decision in this case, an award for unfair dismissal can now include compensation for more than just lo... (316 more words)

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