Increased Compensation Injury To Feelings

Discrimination - Increased Compensation for Injury To Feelings

27th March, 2020 by Sobia Ahmad

The “Vento Bands”, which detail the compensation due for injury to feelings awards, will increase for all claims issued on or after 6 April 2020, in line with the RPI All Items Index. The new bands are as follows:

Band	Previous	New Vento Band
Lower – for less serious cases	£900 - £8,800	£900 - £9,000
Middle – for serious cases which do not merit being in the higher band	£8,800 - £26,300	£9,000 - £27,000
Upper – the most serious cases	£26,300 - £44,000	£27,000 - £45,000
Exceptional cases	Over £44,000	Over £45,000

Sobia Ahmad comments,

“Injury to feelings awards can be made even where a claimant has suffered no financial loss. Aside from injury to feelings, successful claimants can also pursue loss of earnings and there is no cap on compensation for discrimination. Equality and diversity training is a useful tool to help minimise the risk of discrimination claims within your organisation. Contact a member of our team if we can help.”

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