The definitive handbook on employment tribunal remedies & how to calculate them - now in its 12th edition.

DOWNLOAD THE FULLY UPDATED 2025-26 DIGITAL EDITION TODAY! 

About the book

The Employment Tribunal Remedies Handbook is the definitive, annual handbook to the financial remedies available in employment claims. It is seen regularly in negotiations, by parties and judges in the Employment Tribunal.

This 2025-26 edition will be fully updated to factor in the very latest rates and compensation caps that came into force in April 2025 - including changes to the discount rate and Ogden tables - plus the key cases and legislative developments over the past 12 months.

Covering over 100 topics from ACAS to Zero-hours Contracts, each entry provides a concise summary of the relevant law plus all the associated facts and figures so the reader can quickly find the answers to questions such as:

• Basic Award: what adjustments can be applied and in what order?
• Contributory Fault: what heads of loss can be reduced?
• Pension loss: what are the current guidelines?
• Grossing up: how should this be calculated if different tax bands apply?
• Tax and termination payments: what is taxable?
• Protective Awards: does the limit on a week’s pay apply?
• Worked examples accompany each entry where relevant, so you can see clearly how the law and regulations are applied in practice, while a collection of essential tables makes it easy to double-check the latest relevant rates.

Published in A4 wire-bound and a pdf digital edition for maximum portability and usability, the book is re-issued annually to ensure that it is up to date so you can rely on it in any negotiation, mediation or hearing.

What's new in this edition?

All the rates, caps, compensation limits, worked examples and other tables are those in force from April 2025.

All commentary revised and updated including important changes as follows: 

• Three new entries: Fire and rehire; Duty to prevent sexual harassment; and Neonatal care leave and pay.
• Rules of Procedure: Cross-references have been updated to match the new Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2024.
• Holiday Pay: Although interest is not payable on awards under regulation 30 WTR, Main v SpaDental Ltd [2024] EAT 200 suggests the tribunal nevertheless has the power to adjust awards for delayed receipt.
• Mitigation: CJ v PC [2024] EAT 182 has confirmed that, for now, sums received under contributory ill-health retirement schemes do not need to be credited against compensation for loss of earnings. This is, as the EAT observes, a ʹcounter intuitiveʹ proposition as it is an exception to the double recovery rule, albeit one that appears to be backed by significant appellate authority in the Parry v Cleaver line of cases. Although the EAT considered itself bound by that authority, it nevertheless left open the possibility that there may be scope to overturn these authorities in a superior Court. However, this will have to be argued in a different case as the appeal on this point was dismissed due to not being argued below.
• Costs: Dowding v The Character Group plc [2024] EAT 153 has set out when costs can be awarded on the Indemnity Basis in ET litigation.
• Fire and Rehire: A new Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement has come into force, and failure to comply with it can now result in a 25% adjustment up or down much like with failures to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.
• Neonatal Leave and Pay: There is a new entry covering this new statutory right.
  Reinstatement and Re-engagement: Two cases setting out guidance on the approach to take to these remedies came out in the last year: The British Council v Sellers [2025] EAT 1 and Duployen v Whyte & Mackay Ltd [2025] EAT 3 – they are now in this section of the handbook.
• Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment: A new entry on this duty, and the effect it can have on compensation awards in discrimination claims, has been added.
• Injury to feelings: method of assessment discussed in Shakil v Samsons Ltd [2024] EAT 192. Also, where there is little other evidence to go on, the manner in which the discrimination was carried out can be used by Tribunals to ‘draw an inference of secondary fact as to the injury suffered by a Claimant’ (Eddie Stobart Ltd v Graham [2024] EAT 14).

Who would find the book useful?

• Solicitors and barristers acting in employment law cases
• Advisers in mediation and negotiation over employment disputes
• HR professionals
• Trade Unions
• Anyone representing themselves in an employment dispute

What our readers say

"A must for the occasional tribunal rep or the specialist - with easy reference and up to date information." Amazon purchaser

"an excellent and thoroughly practical publication... a must-have source of reference for any professional person, legal or otherwise, who is involved with UK employment law" John Wright, employmentlawexpert.co.uk

"undoubtedly, an excellent publication for practitioners" Mirza Ahmad, Barrister, St Phillips Chambers

"very handy to have on the desk when doing calculations of loss and for settlement purposes .... A good buy!" Elaine Heslop a solicitor at Your Employment Settlement Service

Prices & formats

• Published August 2025
• £50 + £4 p&p
• 150 pages
• A4, spiral bound + free digital edition
• ISBN 978-1-917447-14-0