Unfair Dismissal Compensation Calculator: The Section 7 Formula

Section 7 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts measures compensation by financial loss attributable to the dismissal, capped at 104 weeks’ remuneration (260 for a protected disclosure dismissal), with a ceiling of 4 weeks where there is no loss. This tool runs that formula on your own figures. It is the formula, not a prediction: no average award exists, and none is offered here. Nothing is stored.

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1. Your gross weekly pay before the dismissal2. Weeks out of work to date3. Expected further weeks before you are back to equivalent pay4. Gross weekly pay in any new job (leave blank if none)The dismissal followed a protected disclosure (260-week cap)