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Podcast: Ibec Podcasts
Episode: A Claimant’s obligation to mitigate their losses in Unfair Dismissal Complaints
Description: In this episode of KC Connect, Ibec experts Declan Thomas and Terry Mac Namara discuss the obligations on a Claimant to mitigate their losses when taking a complaint for unfair dismissal to the WRC.The common law rule of mitigation of damages applies to compensation for unfair dismissal. This places a requirement on a Claimant to demonstrate an effort to mitigate their financial loss by way of attempting to secure employment following their termination. In considering a claim under the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 the Court must have regard to Section 7(2)(c) of the Act. In accordance with...