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77E.—(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where the industrial tribunal finds that a complaint under Article 77A or 77B is well‐founded.
(2) The tribunal—
(a)shall make a declaration to that effect, and
(b)shall make an award to be paid by the employer to the complainant in respect of the offer complained of.
(3) The amount of the award shall be [F2£5,861] (subject to any adjustment of the award that may fall to be made under Part IV of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003).
(4) Where an offer made in contravention of Article 77A or 77B is accepted—
(a)if the acceptance results in the worker's agreeing to vary his terms of employment, the employer cannot enforce the agreement to vary, or recover any sum paid or other asset transferred by him under the agreement to vary;
(b)if as a result of the acceptance the worker's terms of employment are varied, nothing in Article 77A or 77B makes the variation unenforceable by either party.
(5) Nothing in this Article or Articles 77A and 77B prejudices any right conferred by Article 73 or 76.
(6) In ascertaining any amount of compensation under Article 76, no reduction shall be made on the ground—
(a)that the complainant caused or contributed to his loss, or to the act or failure complained of, by accepting or not accepting an offer made in contravention of Article 77A or 77B, or
(b)that the complainant has received or is entitled to an award under this Article.]
F2Sum in art. 77E(3) substituted (6.4.2024) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/86), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. (with art. 4)
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