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Increase in awards for injury to feelings in discrimination cases
Written by Rachel Billen   
Tuesday, 29 September 2009 00:00
Increase in awards for injury to feelings in discrimination cases

The judgment in the case of Da’Bell –v- NSPCC was handed down by the Employment Appeal Tribunal on Monday 28th September 2009.

The case increases the bands of awards which may be awarded for injury to feelings in discrimination cases, as originally set down in Vento.  This is to reflect inflation and is of immediate effect.

The increases are:

Lower band (for less serious cases) – from a maximum of £5,000 to £6,000
Middle band (for serious cases which do not merit an award in the upper band) – from a maximum of £15,000 to £18,000
Upper band (for the most serious of cases) – from a maximum of £25,000 to £30,000

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