The Independent reported yesterday that an “influential” group of City figures was urging the government to restrict compensation payments in discrimination cases to £50,000. Currently such awards are unlimited in size, unlike in unfair dismissal cases where the compensatory award is (currently) capped at £68,400. I have never understood the rationale behind one being restricted and not the other: why should unfair dismissal awards be capped and not those in discrimination cases? Or, conversely why shouldn’t unfair dismissal awards be uncapped?
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Kevin Keegan beats Newcastle United
Kevin Keegan has won his case for constructive dismissal against former employers Newcastle United, being awarded £2mn by the Premier League’s Manager’s Arbitration Tribunal. He left the club in September 2008 after falling out with them over the purchase of a player Ignacio Gonzalez (who?) against his wishes.
SRP to be reviewed
Just as I was sitting down wondering what to write about this week The Independent, with superb timing, published a headline entitled “Redundant Workers to get bigger pay offs” . The report says that the Government has ordered a review of the payments made to workers on redundancy, known as statutory redundancy pay (SRP). This is currently fixed at £350 per week for workers aged between 22 and 41 and is deemed to be a full week’s pay. Workers over 41 when made redundant receive 1.5 times that figure. That weekly figure is then multiplied by the number of complete years’ service (up to a maximum of 20) that the employee has with that company. The employer pays the SRP to the employee, plus whatever notice monies they are due, unless the company has become insolvent in which case the state pays.