Commentary on Sections Summary and Background
92.Where an employment tribunal finds in favour of a claimant, it has the power to award various remedies. However, it currently has no power to penalise an employer for the actual breach of employment law. In order to encourage employers to take appropriate steps to ensure that they meet their obligations in respect of their employees, and to reduce deliberate and repeated breaches of employment laws, employment tribunals will be given the discretion to impose a financial penalty on any respondent found to have breached the claimant’s rights.