Barry Johnson was employed by Marney Superstores as a warehouse operative at their Croydon premises from December 1997 until his dismissal 6 weeks ago (April 2003). He was dismissed on the grounds of gross misconduct, having been seen fighting with another employee in the warehouse. Mr Johnson is claiming unfair dismissal with an Employment Tribunal. The right not to be unfairly dismissed was made within the Employment Rights Act 1996. An application for unfair dismissal must be issued within 3 …showed first 75 words of 2189 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2189 total…rights. The maximum compensatory award is £53,500. The maximum basic award is £7,800 and the median award (which excludes the extremes) is £2,500. Only 10% of cases brought for unfair dismissal that get to tribunal are successful and only 2% of these cases that are awarded compensation are awarded over £12,000. In the present case, if Mr Johnson were to get his case to tribunal and subsequently win he would be unlikely to be awarded more than the median award of £2,500.