A paralegal who was awarded more than £40,000 after she succeeded in her employment claim against Oldham-based firm Inaaya Solicitors Limited has had the remedy reduced after the employment tribunal found it had made calculation errors.
In a reconsideration judgment, employment judge Ficklin, sitting at Manchester Employment Tribunal with two other panel members, said during preparation of written reasons requested by the firm, ‘it became apparent that there were errors in the remedy calculation’.
The judge said: ‘The tribunal reconsiders the remedy judgment of its own volition. The reconsidered judgment of the tribunal corrects the interest calculation and corrects the value of the appropriate Vento bands [bands of awards for injury to feelings in discrimination cases] based on the claimant’s date of claim, 3 April 2023.
‘The quantum of the claimant’s award for hurt, distress and humiliation to which the Vento band applies has not changed.’
The tribunal previously found Saima Kauser’s redundancy was unfair because she could have continued in her role as a part-time worker and there was no ‘objective justification’ for her dismissal. The firm had denied all the claims.
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In the original remedy judgment, the firm was ordered to pay Kauser £41,411.78. In the reconsidered judgment it was ordered to pay £39,564.
The total remedy for unfair dismissal is £9,160.86; £28,446.44 remedy for discrimination, detriment, failure to make reasonable adjustments and less-favourable treatment for being disabled and a part-time worker which is made up of £22,500. The judgment acknowledged it had previously awarded interest of £684.68. Removing this, it said the tribunal recognises that interest is not awarded for compensatory unfair dismissal.
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