Injury to feelings (Vento bands)
Plain-English definitions for England and Wales. General information, not legal advice. Laws and figures change - always check the current position on GOV.UK.
Injury to feelings (Vento bands) Compensation for the upset and distress caused by discrimination, awarded in three brackets known as the 'Vento bands' (lower, middle and upper). The band figures are updated each year by Presidential Guidance and depend on how serious the discrimination was.
Also known as: Vento bands, Vento
Related terms
- Direct discrimination
- Treating someone less favourably than others because of a protected characteristic - such as age, disability, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation - under the Equality Act 2010.
- Harassment
- Under the Equality Act 2010, unwanted conduct related to a protected characteristic that has the purpose or effect of violating someone's dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. General workplace bullying is not itself a standalone tribunal claim unless it is linked to a protected characteristic or another legal right.
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