How does the EEOC measure emotional damages?
Emotional damages do not have a precise monetary measure. They are based on testimony of medical professionals or acquaintances of the victims who observe changes in the victims behavior and mood. Like pain and suffering in personal injury cases, compensation for emotional damages is based on what the jury considers fair. As a general rule, the higher the monetary damages, the greater the award for emotional damages. If you have not suffered damages, you cannot win a discrimination suit. This could be the case, for example, if you were the victim of blatant discrimination, but quickly found a higher paying job that you liked better than the job you lost due to the discrimination.
Emotional damages do not have a precise monetary measure. They are based on testimony of medical professionals or acquaintances of the victims who observe changes in the victim’s behavior and mood. Like pain and suffering in personal injury cases, compensation for emotional damages is based on what the jury considers fair. As a general rule, the higher the monetary damages, the greater the award for emotional damages. If you have not suffered damages, you cannot win a discrimination suit. This could be the case, for example, if you were the victim of blatant discrimination, but quickly found a higher paying job that you liked better than the job you lost due to the discrimination.
