Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Pmab027-09
Date 9 October 2009
Summary Increases from 1st October in the statutory maximum for a week’s pay and in the
National Minimum Wage + EAT update Vento bands
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This increase will over-ride the usual increase date in February for 2010.
This increase will also apply to a wide range of employment tribunal awards - calculated using a
week's pay - that an employer might have to pay, such as:
The rate for those under 18 but above compulsory school age rises to £3.57 an hour.
Vento – Injury to feelings in discrimination cases
In 2002, the Court of Appeal in the case of Vento -v- Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, gave
guidance to Tribunals on the assessment of damages in discrimination cases. The judges stated that
damages for injury to feelings can be divided into three bands:-
a) The top band should normally be between £15,000 and £25,000 and that sums in this range should
be awarded in the most serious cases, such as where there has been a lengthy campaign of
discriminatory harassment.
b) The middle band of between £5,000 and £15,000 should be used for serious cases which do not
merit an award in the highest band.
c) Awards of between £500 and £5,000 are appropriate for less serious cases, such as where the act
of discrimination is an isolated or one-off occurrence."
The Employment Appeal Tribunal, in the very recent case of Da'Bell v NSPCC, has outlined that the
Vento bands should be increased to reflect inflation up to 2009 as follows:-
The starting point of the lower band should also be increased in line with the above ruling.