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(1)Subject to the provisions of this section and sections 124 [F1, 126, 127 and 127A(1), (3) and (4)], the amount of the compensatory award shall be such amount as the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances having regard to the loss sustained by the complainant in consequence of the dismissal in so far as that loss is attributable to action taken by the employer.
(2)The loss referred to in subsection (1) shall be taken to include—
(a)any expenses reasonably incurred by the complainant in consequence of the dismissal, and
(b)subject to subsection (3), loss of any benefit which he might reasonably be expected to have had but for the dismissal.
(3)The loss referred to in subsection (1) shall be taken to include in respect of any loss of—
(a)any entitlement or potential entitlement to a payment on account of dismissal by reason of redundancy (whether in pursuance of Part XI or otherwise), or
(b)any expectation of such a payment,
only the loss referable to the amount (if any) by which the amount of that payment would have exceeded the amount of a basic award (apart from any reduction under section 122) in respect of the same dismissal.
(4)In ascertaining the loss referred to in subsection (1) 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.
(5)In determining, for the purposes of subsection (1), how far any loss sustained by the complainant was attributable to action taken by the employer, no account shall be taken of any pressure which by—
(a)calling, organising, procuring or financing a strike or other industrial action, or
(b)threatening to do so,
was exercised on the employer to dismiss the employee; and that question shall be determined as if no such pressure had been exercised.
(6)Where the tribunal finds that the dismissal was to any extent caused or contributed to by any action of the complainant, it shall reduce the amount of the compensatory award by such proportion as it considers just and equitable having regard to that finding.
(7)If the amount of any payment made by the employer to the employee on the ground that the dismissal was by reason of redundancy (whether in pursuance of Part XI or otherwise) exceeds the amount of the basic award which would be payable but for section 122(4), that excess goes to reduce the amount of the compensatory award.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 123(1) substituted (1.1.1999) by 1998 c. 8, s. 15, Sch.1 para. 23; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(3), Sch. 3 (with art. 3(6))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 123 applied (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 39, s. 24(4)(b)
Ss. 117-127A applied (with modifications) (2.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1548, reg. 3
S. 123 applied (6.6.2000) by 1992 c. 52, s. 70A, Sch. A1 para. 160(2)(b) (as inserted (6.6.2000) by 1999 c. 26, s. 1, Sch. 1; S.I. 2000/1338, art. 2 (with transitional provisions in art. 3)
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