In the long - running whistleblowing case of Jhuti v Royal Mail Group, the employment tribunal has now given its decision on remedy and awarded substantial damages.
Facts
Ms Jhuti worked at Royal Mail as an employee from September 2013 to October 2014, at which point she was dismissed. She complained to an employment tribunal that she had been automatically unfairly dismissed and had suffered other detriments as a result of making a protected disclosure. She won her claim, eventually, in the Supreme Court. See more detail of the Supreme Court’s decision here.
Decision on remedy
The employment tribunal has ordered Royal Mail Group to pay total substantial compensation to Ms Jhuti. In whistleblowing cases, compensation is uncapped. In the judgment, the tribunal stated that Ms Jhuti had been subject to a “campaign of bullying, intimidation and harassment” which ultimately “destroyed” her life. In reaching its decision, the tribunal relied on medical evidence which supported the fact that Ms Jhuti would never work again due to the impact of her employer’s actions.
The compensation included loss of earnings up to the normal retirement age of 67. The tribunal assumed that Ms Jhuti would have received 2% annual pay increases up to retirement. In addition, an award of 55,000 was made for personal injury. The tribunal found that Ms Jhuti’s depression had arisen solely as a result of Royal Mail Group’s conduct. The tribunal further awarded Ms Jhuti 40,000 in relation to injury to...
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