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Saturday 2 November 2013

Employment Tribunals – the scandal of unpaid worker compensation

New government research has found that over half of the workers awarded compensation at an Employment Tribunal do not receive payment in full. The Payment of Tribunal Awards 2013 investigation identified that one of the most common reasons workers do not receive payment was because employers simply refuse to pay up. Over a third of claimants who had been awarded compensation received nothing whatsoever and 16% were paid only part of the money they were owed.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-considering-new-powers-to-tackle-non-payment-of-tribunal-awards
http://www.ier.org.uk/news/over-half-workers-awarded-compensation-employment-tribunal-do-not-receive-it-study-shows