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.”
To contact us, please fill out this form and we will get back in touch as soon as possible. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy which can be found here.
Thank you for your enquiry. We will respond as soon as possible.
