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Section : Shock, distress etc. disregarded
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified

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(4) The amount ordered by FWA to be paid to a person under subsection (1) must not include a component by way of compensation for shock, distress or humiliation, or other analogous hurt, caused to the person by the manner of the person's dismissal. Compensation cap (5) The amount ordered by FWA to be paid to a person under subsection (1) must not exceed the lesser of: (a) the amount worked out under subsection (6); and (b) half the amount of the high income threshold immediately before the dismissal. (6) The amount is the total of the following amounts: (a) the total amount of remuneration: (i) received by the person; or (ii) to which the person was entitled; (whichever is higher) for any period of employment with the employer during the 26 weeks immediately before the dismissal; and (b) if the employee was on leave without pay or without full pay while so employed during any part of that period-the amount of remuneration taken to have been received by the employee for the period of leave in accordance with the regulations.

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