Trade union activities

Case 5: The facts

Kate Adams was offered promotion and then had the offer withdrawn. A tribunal found that her employer's change of heart was due to Adams' union activities. Her compensation included an amount to represent the injury to Adams' feelings. Her employer appealed against the award.

The ruling

The EAT ruled that the award was appropriate. It also said that in cases involving non-union membership awards would tend to just reflect any actual financial loss with no automatic injury-to-feelings element.

* LB Hackney v Adams [2003] IRLR 402