Utah Severance damages are a form of compensation that is awarded to an employee who was wrongfully terminated or laid off from their job. The damages are intended to replace the income lost due to the wrongful termination. The damages are based on the amount of wages the employee would have earned had they not been wrongfully terminated. There are three types of Utah Severance damages: back pay, front pay, and compensatory damages. Back pay consists of the wages the employee would have earned from the time of termination to the time of the court decision. Front pay is the wages the employee would have earned from the date of the court decision until the time they would have been able to find a comparable job. Compensatory damages are additional damages awarded to compensate the employee for any emotional distress, mental anguish, or other harms that the wrongful termination caused.