Race Discrimination Compensation Calculator
Estimate race discrimination compensation using real published UK employment tribunal awards.
Important Context
These figures represent awarded compensation only. Many cases settle out of court for undisclosed sums. Success rate includes cases won at hearing; many withdrawn cases are also settled without a public award.
How compensation is measured in race discrimination claims
This race discrimination compensation calculator uses published employment tribunal judgments to give context on real awards. It is built for people trying to understand the range of outcomes, not to promise a result in any individual case. The figures combine the tribunal's visible compensation data with the claim type recorded for the judgment, so the page reflects documented decisions rather than private settlement figures or broad anecdotal estimates.
For race discrimination, compensation can include injury to feelings, financial loss, interest and, in some cases, aggravated damages. Claims may involve direct discrimination, harassment or victimisation, and the award reflects the seriousness and duration of the treatment, its effect on the claimant and any earnings lost. Injury to feelings is assessed using the Vento bands, and there is no statutory cap on discrimination awards.
Discrimination and whistleblowing compensation is not assessed by a simple tariff. Some awards are modest because the proven loss is limited; others are much higher because they include long-term earnings loss, psychiatric injury, interest or multiple successful complaints. The published examples are useful because they show the spread of real outcomes rather than a single headline number.
The numbers on this page are not a prediction of any individual claim. They summarise published decisions where compensation appears in the judgment, so they are useful for context but not a complete view of every claim issued, negotiated or settled. Many employment tribunal cases settle privately, and those settlement values usually do not appear in the public judgment record.
Use the median, highest award and top published cases as a starting point for research. The median is usually more useful than the average because very large awards can pull the average upward. The top cases show what has happened in documented disputes, but they should not be treated as normal outcomes. Legal advice is still needed before relying on any number for settlement, litigation risk or pleading a schedule of loss.
Browse race discrimination tribunal casesTop 10 Highest-Value Judgments
University of Southampton
2021
The claimant's claims for wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal, failure to pay holiday pay, direct religion or belief discrimination, direct race discrimination, indirect religion or belief discrimination, indirect race discrimination, harassment related to religion or belief, harassment related to race and victimisation were well founded.
View JudgmentNHS Education Scotland
2024
Dr H Hiram successfully claimed against NHS Education Scotland for victimisation and discrimination, resulting in compensation of £55,532.21 and £13,004.71 for injury to feelings.
View JudgmentRoyal Borough of Greenwich
2024
The claimant succeeded in direct race discrimination and victimisation claims but failed in other discrimination claims. Compensation awarded for past losses, future support, and injury to feelings.
View JudgmentAsda Stores Ltd
2025
The claimant was unfairly dismissed. The compensation includes basic and compensatory awards, with reductions applied.
View JudgmentThe City of Edinburgh Council
2023
The claimant, a Lithuanian national, was employed as a social worker by the respondent City of Edinburgh Council. She was subject to race discrimination by the respondent, leading to her resignation. The tribunal awarded her compensation for loss of earnings and injury to feelings.
View JudgmentEdwardian Pastoria Hotels Ltd
2024
The claim was struck out as it was vexatious and scandalous, and an award of £20,000 in costs was made against the claimant.
View JudgmentAbbey Total Care Group Ltd
2025
The claimant's claims under sections 13 and 39 of the Equality Act 2010 for direct race discrimination succeeded, while other claims were dismissed. The respondent was ordered to pay £15,000 in compensation.
View JudgmentSky In-Home Service Ltd
2022
Mrs J Bradbury v Sky In-Home Service Ltd: 4108097/2021
View JudgmentGreencore Food To Go Ltd
2021
The claimant's claim for unfair dismissal and some of the claims for discrimination by harassment succeed. All other claims are dismissed. The claimant shall be paid compensation of Thirteen Thousand, Three Hundred and Six Pounds (£13,306) in total.
View JudgmentAmazon UK Services Ltd
2026
The claimant was unfairly dismissed. The claimant's claim of race discrimination is dismissed.
View JudgmentFrequently asked questions
What is the average payout for race discrimination?
In the published awarded cases in this dataset, the average race discrimination payout is £79,476 and the median award is £3,990. This is based on 48 cases with visible compensation.
What is the highest race discrimination award?
The highest published race discrimination award in this dataset is £3,449,329. Large awards are unusual and can be driven by long periods of financial loss, injury to feelings or other case-specific factors.
What percentage of race discrimination claims succeed?
In the matching published judgments, claimants succeeded in 14.9% of cases. That is based on 1,474 documented outcomes, not every claim issued or settled.