Employment Tribunal Compensation Calculator

Important — please read

This calculator gives a rough estimate for guidance only. It is information and strategy, not legal advice, and it does not predict what a tribunal will award in your case. Every case turns on its own facts. Awards can be reduced (for example for contributory conduct or failure to mitigate) or increased (for example ACAS uplifts). Use this to understand the moving parts — not as a guarantee.

Your age at dismissal

Complete years of service Full years only. Capped at 20 for the basic award.

Gross weekly pay (£) Before tax. Capped at £719/week for the basic award.

Net weekly pay (£) Take-home pay. Used for lost earnings.

Weeks of lost earnings claimed Time out of work so far, plus expected future loss.

Injury to feelings (discrimination only) Uses band mid-points as an illustration.

Include loss of statutory rights (£500 — commonly awarded in unfair dismissal cases)

Basic award £0

Compensatory award (lost earnings) £0

Loss of statutory rights £0

Injury to feelings £0

Estimated total £0

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How the figures are worked out

1. Basic award

Calculated like statutory redundancy pay. For each complete year of service (up to 20 years) you get:

1.5 weeks' pay for each full year you were aged 41 or over
1 week's pay for each full year you were aged 22 to 40
0.5 week's pay for each full year you were under 22

A week's pay is capped at £719 (from 6 April 2025), so the maximum basic award is £21,570.

2. Compensatory award

This covers your actual financial loss — mainly lost earnings from the date of dismissal until you find comparable work (past and estimated future). It is capped at the lower of 52 weeks' gross pay or £118,223 (from 6 April 2025).

Duty to mitigate

A tribunal expects you to take reasonable steps to find new work. Keep evidence of every job you apply for — it protects your compensatory award.

3. Injury to feelings (discrimination claims)

If your claim involves discrimination, you may also recover compensation for injury to feelings, awarded in the three “Vento” bands (for claims presented on or after 6 April 2025):

Lower band — £1,200 to £12,100: one-off or isolated incidents
Middle band — £12,100 to £36,400: serious cases that don't merit the top band
Upper band — £36,400 to £60,700: the most serious, e.g. a lengthy campaign of harassment

Discrimination compensation is not capped, which is why discrimination claims can be worth considerably more than “ordinary” unfair dismissal.

This is a starting point, not a verdict

Real awards are affected by ACAS uplifts (up to 25%), contributory fault deductions, Polkey reductions, pension loss, grossing-up for tax, and more. Treat this number as a way to understand the shape of a claim — then get your facts and evidence in order.

Next steps

Once you know roughly what your claim could be worth, the next job is building it properly — the grievance, the evidence, the ET1, the schedule of loss. Our step-by-step templates and guides walk you through each stage.

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