The annual Vento band increases, which guide awards for injury to feelings in discrimination and whistleblowing detriment claims, have been announced.
THE FACTS
Employment tribunals have the power to order awards for injury to feelings in successful discrimination and whistleblowing detriment claims. Clear guidelines for calculating awards for injury to feelings set out three ‘bands’ of potential awards: the lower band for less serious cases; the middle band for awards which do not merit an award in the highest band; and the top band, for the most serious cases. These are known as the Vento bands. The Vento bands are updated annually to take inflation into account.
For claims issued after 6 April 2023, the bands will be as follows:
Awards of over 56,200 may be made in “the most exceptional of cases”.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR EMPLOYERS?
This uplift will mean increased financial risk for employers facing discrimination and whistleblowing detriment claims. Again, the significant increase in these awards has been driven by inflation.
Read Full Story: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiU2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmxleG9sb2d5LmNvbS9s...
Dish Wireless LLC agreed to pay roughly $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, common law, and the Communications Act of 1934 relating to claims submitted to Fed...