The following changes to the limits to payments made under employment rights legislation come into effect on 6 April 2016:
Rights protected under the Employment Rights Act 1996:
- The limit on the weekly amount payable under the insolvency provisions of the Act is
increased to £479. - The minimum basic award for unfair dismissal is increased to £5,853.
- The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal is increased to £78,962.
- The maximum amount of a week’s pay for calculating the basic or additional award
for unfair dismissal or for redundancy payment is increased to £479. - The limit on the statutory guarantee payment payable to employees laid off work
remains unchanged at £26.00 a day.
Rights protected under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992:
- The award in relation to unlawful inducement relating to trade union activities or
collective bargaining is increased to £3,830. - The minimum basic award for unfair dismissal is increased to £5,853.
- The minimum compensation in relation to exclusion from a union in contravention to
section 174 is increased to £8,939.
For details see the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2016 (SI 2016/288), which is available here.