If employees sue two employers and one settles, the tribunal must reduce the award against the other employer to ensure the employee does not “double recover”
In Optimum Group Services Plc v Muir, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a Tribunal should have deducted a settlement payment received by the claimant from another employer when calculating the award, in accordance with the principle that the same loss cannot be recovered twice.
January 16, 2013 No Comments
