The Ministry of Justice has published its report on employment tribunal and EAT statistics for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012, which confirms that the highest compensation award in a discrimination case was £4,445,023.
The Ministry of Justice report, Employment tribunals and EAT statistics, 2011/12, shows that the median and highest awards respectively in successful discrimination claims for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 were as follows: (i) £13,505 for sexual orientation discrimination – highest award: £27,473; (ii) £8,928 for disability discrimination – highest award: £390,871; (iii) £6,746 for sex discrimination – highest award: £89,700); (iv) £6,065 for age discrimination – highest award: £144,100; (v) £5,256 for race discrimination – highest award: £4,445,023 in Michalak v Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust ET/1810815/08; and (vi) £4,267 for religion or belief discrimination – highest award: £59,522.
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