A High Court judge yesterday sent a strong message to employers about unlawful action against workers, awarding a dismissed senior Government employee more than $1.7 million in damages.
Justice Sonia Richards, in a case brought by dismissed director of the Rural Development Commission (RDC) Peter Scott, ordered the Government agency to pay him damages for loss of earnings that amount to the salary he would have received until November 2021 when he would have retired.
This figure will amount to more than $1.6 million and will attract six per cent interest from April 2010 until the debt is satisfied.
Additionally, the judge awarded Scott a further $100 000 in damages for public humiliation, which also will attract six per cent interest from February 29, 2008, until the sum is paid. It was on that date that Scott, who was appointed under a Barbados Labour Party (BLP) administration, was sent on leave “until further notice” by the then freshly elected David Thompson-led Democratic Labour Party.
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