Injury to feelings awards
A checklist of injury to feelings awards, organised by the type of discrimination suffered and the level of award made (as categorised by the three bands set out in Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (No 2) [2003] IRLR 102). It includes injury to feelings awards made in whistleblowing cases. For information on the Vento bands, see Current rates and limits for employment lawyers: Injury to feelings. For claims issued before 6 April 2022, see Injury to feelings awards (historical cases). For information on when injury to feelings awards can be made, see Practice notes, Discrimination in employment: compensation and other remedies: Injury to feelings and Whistleblowing (4): claims in the employment tribunal: Injury to feelings, IDS Employment Law Handbooks, Volume 5 (Discrimination at Work): Applying the Vento band guidance and IDS Employment Law Handbooks, Volume 17 (Whistleblowing at Work):Injury to feelings.
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