Weekly issue 81 - August 2003

Compensation limited

Can employment tribunals make financial awards to compensate employees for non-economic losses such as injury to feelings in unfair dismissal claims?

Stressing the breadth of the concept of dismissal

One of the ways a dismissal can occur, for the purposes of the unfair dismissal provisions, is by an employee terminating their employment contract in circumstances in which they are entitled to do so as a result of an employer's conduct

Informal companion

The rights to accompaniment at disciplinary and grievance hearings were introduced in the Employment Relations Act 1999, section 10

EU race rules now in force

The new Race Relations Amendment Act 1976 (Amendment) Regulations came into force on 9 July 2003, implementing the European Race Discrimination Directive

Employee surveillance

Understanding the legal constraints of the Data Protection Act (DPA) and its implications in the field of employment and industrial relations is a growth area