1.   Anyone who believes they have been subject to unfair dismissal can complain to an industrial tribunal.

2.   By contrast, industrial tribunals in the exercise of the unfair dismissal jurisdiction are concerned with disputes between employee and employer.

3.   Given that redundancy is a fair reason for dismissing an employee, a redundant employee can not usually claim unfair dismissal.

4.   Last month an industrial tribunal unanimously rejected their claim for unfair dismissal.

5.   One point to clear up immediately is the widespread confusion between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal.

6.   Pamela Baptiste, a former consular officer at the high commission in St Lucia, has lodged a claim of unfair dismissal.

7.   Practical implications Almost all constructive dismissal cases involve an unfair dismissal claim.

8.   The compensatory award is intended to reimburse you for financial loss resulting from the unfair dismissal.