Section 49: Remedies., Employment Rights Act 1996

Where an employment tribunal finds a complaint under section 48(1), (1XA), (1ZA), (1A) or (1B) well-founded, the tribunal—

shall make a declaration to that effect, and

may make an award of compensation to be paid by the employer to the complainant in respect of the act or failure to act to which the complaint relates.

Where an employment tribunal finds a complaint under section 48(1AA) well-founded, the tribunal—

shall make a declaration to that effect, and

may make an award of compensation to be paid by the temporary work agency or (as the case may be) the hirer to the complainant in respect of the act or failure to act to which the complaint relates.

Subject to subsections (5ZA), (5A) and (6) the amount of the compensation awarded shall be such as the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances having regard to—

the infringement to which the complaint relates, and

any loss which is attributable to the act, or failure to act, which infringed the complainant's right.

The loss shall be taken to include—

any expenses reasonably incurred by the complainant in consequence of the act, or failure to act, to which the complaint relates, and

loss of any benefit which he might reasonably be expected to have had but for that act or failure to act.

In ascertaining the loss the tribunal shall apply the same rule concerning the duty of a person to mitigate his loss as applies to damages recoverable under the common law of England and Wales or (as the case may be) Scotland.

Where the tribunal finds that the act, or failure to act, to which the complaint relates was to any extent caused or contributed to by action of the complainant, it shall reduce the amount of the compensation by such proportion as it considers just and equitable having regard to that finding.

Where—

the complaint is made under section 48(1XA),

the detriment to which the worker is subjected is the termination of his or her contract, and

that contract is not a contract of employment,

any compensation must not exceed the compensation that would be payable under Chapter II of Part X if the worker had been an employee and had been dismissed for the reason specified in section 100.

Where—

the complaint is made under section 48 (1ZA),

the detriment to which the worker is subjected is the termination of his worker's contract, and

that contract is not a contract of employment,

any compensation must not exceed the compensation that would be payable under Chapter II of Part X if the worker had been an employee and had been dismissed for the reason specified in section 101A.

Where—

the complaint is made under section 48(1A),

the detriment to which the worker is subjected is the termination of his worker's contract, and

that contract is not a contract of employment,

any compensation must not exceed the compensation that would be payable under Chapter II of Part X if the worker had been an employee and had been dismissed for the reason specified in section 103A.

Where—

the complaint is made under section 48(1A), and

it appears to the tribunal that the protected disclosure was not made in good faith,

the tribunal may, if it considers it just and equitable in all the circumstances to do so, reduce any award it makes to the worker by no more than 25%.

Where—

the complaint is made under section 48(1B) by a person who is not an employee, and

the detriment to which he is subjected is the termination of his contract with the person who is his employer for the purposes of section 25 of the Tax Credits Act 2002,

any compensation must not exceed the compensation that would be payable under Chapter 2 of Part 10 if the complainant had been an employee and had been dismissed for the reason specified in section 104B.

Section 49: Remedies.

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