06 April 2018 #Employment
Further to our previous blog on the tribunals issuing a response to the Vento band consultation for cases presented from 11 September 2017, the Presidents of the Employment Tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland have now issued updated joint guidance increasing the Vento bands used to calculate awards for injury to feelings (most commonly seen in discrimination and whistleblowing claims).
Under the new guidance, for claims presented on or after 6 April 2018, the bands are increased to:
The guidance also sets out that in exceptional cases an award exceeding £42,900 may be made.
Employers need to take note of the significant increases to the levels of the bands (the highest value of the Vento bands for injury to feelings prior to the September 2017 response was £33,000), which in turn are likely to raise the value of discrimination and whistleblowing claims.