Compensation for unfair and discriminatory dismissal can include the value of a death in service benefit, as this is a loss suffered by the employee notwithstanding the fact that the proceeds will go to the beneficiaries he designates, rather than him.
Although normally the value of this benefit would be the cost of the insurance premium to provide the same level of cover, in this case that value was the full death in service payout given that the employee had died shortly after dismissal. (Fox v British Airways, EAT)
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