£228,000 Awarded for a Race Discrimination Case

The official Tribunal statistics were published on 8 December 2022 for Q2 of 2021/2022 along with compensation and costs figures for the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal for the year 2021/2022. This shows that there were 200 discrimination cases for the year in which compensation was awarded. The maximum award was for a race discrimination case and was £228,000. The largest average award was for sexual orientation discrimination claims compared to other discrimination claims and came in at £33,000. 

Claims that received compensation for unfair dismissal in 2021/22 were up by 51% compared to 2020/21 where the maximum award was £165,000 and the mean award was £14,000. 

For more details and the actual publication please see:-

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2022/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2022#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-202122

Official Statistics Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2022 Published 8 December 2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2022/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2022#employment-tribunals