How much can an employee be awarded for unfair dismissal?
In most cases, where an employee has been held to have been unfairly dismissed, the remedy will be the awarding of compensation. This will be made up of a Basic Award and a Compensatory Award. The Basic Award The Basic Award is designed to compensate an employee for loss of job security and is calculated according to a formula based on the employee’s age, length of service and weekly pay subject to a statutory maximum currently £10,500.