Reinstatement is a potential remedy for a Claimant employee at an Employment Tribunal.

The remedy can be requested by a Claimant as an addition to, or in place of, compensation in an unfair dismissal claim. In this case the claimant was a psychiatric nurse who was dismissed after a disciplinary hearing decided that his restraint methods, used against a particular patient, constituted assault. The Tribunal found for the Claimant on liability and also ordered reinstatement.

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