The additional award

If the employment tribunal makes an order for reinstatement or re-engagement, but the employer does not reinstate or re-engage and cannot show it was not reasonably practicable, the tribunal will make an additional award of between 26 weeks’ and 52 weeks’ pay, subject to the statutory limit to a week’s pay (£475 in 2015-16). In other words, the minimum additional award is the lower of 26 weeks’ pay and £12,350, and the maximum is the lower of 52 weeks’ pay and £24,700 (2015-16).

Section 160 of TULRCA 92 gives the tribunal power to order that any award of compensation for unfair dismissal be paid by the union instead of the employer in cases where the tribunal decides that the union induced the employer to dismiss.