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05/11/07
Disabled Park Worker Wins Record Compensaton
The Croydon employment tribunal has found that a park worker made redundant by Lambeth Borough Council was in fact unfairly dismissed.
The tribunal found that the system of selecting Lambeth Council's employees for redundancy was discriminatory owing to the weighting it gave regarding the days of absence and whether an employee owned a car or not.
The worker who was awarded £550,000,and 24 other workers supported by the GMB union were awarded a total of £1.3 compensation.
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Lawyers routinely use the threat of high costs to intimidate workers into giving up their claims at an early stage in a case.
Apart from the psychological impact on claimants, this tactic often works and workers do withdraw their claims.
Those representing workers' interests need to bring political pressure to bear to end this. As is the case in the Small Claims Court, the use of legal professionals in employment tribunals should not be encouraged .
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