Chapter 8
Enforcing the right to be accompanied
[ch 8: page 61]If an employer fails to comply with a worker’s request to be accompanied, they can bring a claim in the employment tribunal. A claim can also be brought if the employer fails to rearrange a hearing to a reasonable date proposed by the worker if the companion was unable to attend on the initial date. The tribunal can order compensation of up to two weeks’ pay (subject to the maximum cap on a week’s pay: £508 (2018-19)).