Employment calculator

What could a tribunal award? Show the range, and the sums.

Unfair dismissal, redundancy and discrimination in one calculator. Your visitor gets an estimated range, the arithmetic behind it, and the rules for the date their job ended, including the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes that start on 1 January 2027.

£751
Week’s pay cap, dismissals from 6 April 2026
£62,900
Top of the Vento upper band, claims from 6 April 2026
1 Jan 2027
Six-month qualifying period, no compensatory cap
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Figures checked against legislation.gov.uk and the Presidential Guidance on 9 October 2026.

Sample result
£11,100 to £25,700
Unfair dismissal. Age 45, six years’ service, £34,000 a year, still looking for work after 12 weeks.
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What could a tribunal award in a case like yours?

Answer a few questions about what happened. You’ll see an estimated range, worked out from the statutory limits and tribunal guidance, with each step shown.

01

What happened?

Pick the closest. More than one can apply, and a solicitor will check.

02

When did your job end, or when will it?

Unfair dismissal law changes on 1 January 2027, so the date matters.

03

Your age, and how long you worked there

Your age when the job ended. Service in years; only complete years count towards the basic award.

years old
years
04

What were you paid, before tax?

Normal gross pay, before tax and National Insurance. A rough figure is fine.

£
05

Since you left

Most of an unfair dismissal award is lost earnings, so this matters most.

05

About the redundancy

Three quick questions.

Were you paid a redundancy payment?
Were you paid for your notice period?
Was the redundancy handled unfairly?
05

How serious was it?

Tribunals place injury-to-feelings awards in one of three bands, depending on how serious the treatment was and how long it went on.

Did you lose your job, or lose earnings, because of it?
Your estimated range
£0to£0

An indicative range from your answers, not a guarantee. The outcome depends on the evidence, and many claims settle before a hearing.

    How we worked it out

    Start your claim with Example & Co

    No obligation. Time limits are short. For most claims you must contact Acas within six months less one day of the job ending or the last act complained of (three months less one day if that was before 1 October 2026). Don’t leave it to the last week.

    You can act without a solicitor

    Acas early conciliation is free, and most claims have to go through it first. You can bring a tribunal claim yourself, and there is no fee to do so.

    How this estimate is worked out
    How it’s built

    Written for the person who signs off your marketing

    Paragraph 8.8 of the SRA Code of Conduct requires publicity to be accurate and not misleading. A calculator is publicity, so this one is built to hold up to that test.

    A range, every time

    Even statutory redundancy pay comes back as a range, because the visitor’s age, service and pay are rough. A single total invites “the website said I’d get £14,862”. A range with the working shown does not.

    The working is on the page

    Each result lists the figures it used: the £751 week’s pay cap, the age bands for the basic award, the £123,543 compensatory cap or the Vento band, with the date each applies from.

    Dated rules, applied by date

    Dismissals with an effective date of termination on or after 1 January 2027 get the six-month qualifying period and no compensatory cap (Employment Rights Act 2025, s.25). The result also gives the six-month time limit that applies from 1 October 2026.

    You approve it, we keep it current

    You set the default ranges from your own results and approve the wording before launch. When the Increase of Limits Order and the Vento addendum change each April, we update the figures for you.

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