Check what happens if you win your employment tribunal case

Summary

Check the tribunal has calculated your compensation correctly. If it’s wrong, you can challenge the decision. Tribunals can easily correct simple errors in adding up the figures. If your employer is ordered to pay compensation, they should pay you when they get the written judgment. If they don’t pay within 14 days of the judgment, they should also pay interest on the amount they owe you. The interest rate is 8% a year. If you had to claim benefits because you were dismissed, your employer will have to pay the amount you got in benefits to the government. This is called ‘recoupment’. You won’t get the money until the recoupment has been calculated. * report your employer to the government * claim compensation from the government If you’re claiming redundancy pay from the government, you can’t also go to court to get it. If your employer still doesn’t pay, the tribunal can fine them and put their details on a list of employers who don’t pay. This might be enough to make your employer pay you. If it isn’t the tribunal can’t force them to pay - only a court can. Before you take your employer to court, think about if they’re likely to be able to pay you. If they’ve closed down or have.

Key information

• report your employer to the government
• claim compensation from the government
• a company in administration or liquidation
• a sole trader who’s bankrupt
• discrimination - if you lost your job
• Check the tribunal has calculated your compensation correctly. If it’s wrong, you can challenge the decision. Tribunals can easily correct simple errors in adding up the figures.
• If your employer is ordered to pay compensation, they should pay you when they get the written judgment.
• If they don’t pay within 14 days of the judgment, they should also pay interest on the amount they owe you. The interest rate is 8% a year.
• If you had to claim benefits because you were dismissed, your employer will have to pay the amount you got in benefits to the government. This is called ‘recoupment’. You won’t get the money until the recoupment has been calculated.
• If you’re claiming redundancy pay from the government, you can’t also go to court to get it.
• You can report that your employer hasn’t paid using the form on GOV.UK.
• If your employer still doesn’t pay, the tribunal can fine them and put their details on a list of employers who don’t pay. This might be enough to make your employer pay you. If it isn’t the tribunal can’t force them to pay - only a court can.

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