National Minimum Wage (NMW)
1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020
| Former Rate (£) | Current Rate (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| National Living Wage – Workers aged 25 and over | 7.83 | 8.21 |
| Workers aged 21 -24 | 7.38 | 7.70 |
| Workers aged between 18 – 20 | 5.90 | 6.15 |
| Workers aged under 18 but above compulsory school age who are not apprentices | 4.20 | 4.35 |
| Apprentices under 19 years old or over 19 and in their first year of their apprentices | 3.50 | 3.90 |
Statutory Maternity (SMP), Paternity (SPP), Adoption (SAP) And Shared Parental Pay (ShPP)
6 April 2019 – 5 April 2020
| 2019-2020 Rate (£) | |
|---|---|
| Earning threshold for eligibility | 118 |
| SMP – Weekly rate for first 6 weeks | 90% of the Employees average weekly earnings |
| SMP – Weekly rate for remaining weeks | 148.68 or 90% of the Employees weekly earnings, whichever is lower. |
| SPP – Weekly rate | 148.68 or 90% of the Employees weekly earnings, whichever is lower. |
| SAP – Weekly rate for first 6 weeks | 90% of the Employees average weekly earnings |
| SAP – Weekly rate for remaining weeks | 148.68 or 90% of the Employees weekly earnings, whichever is lower. |
| ShPP- Weekly rate | 148.68 or 90% of the Employees weekly earnings, whichever is lower. |
Other Rates
6 April 2019 – 5 April 2020
| Former Rate (£) | Current Rate (£) | |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum Guarantee Payments | 28 per day (max. 140, 5 days in any 3-month period) | 6,408 |
| Maximum Weeks Pay for calculating redundancy and basic award | 508 | 86,444 |
| Minimum basic award for dismissal on trade union, health and safety, occupational pension scheme trustee, employee representative and on working time grounds only | 6,203 | 13,650 – 27,300 (26-52 weeks’ pay max.) |
| Additional award for failure to comply with reinstatement or reengagement order | 83,682 | 9,787 |
| Minimum Compensation for employees excluded/expelled from trade union | 13,208 – 26,416 (26-52 weeks’ pay max.) | two weeks’ pay capped at 1,050 |
| Failure to allow right to be accompanied | 9,474 | two weeks’ pay capped at 1,050 |
| Failure to give written statement of particulars | two or four weeks’ pay capped at 1,016 or 2,032 | two or four weeks’ pay capped at 1,050 or 2,100 |
| Flexible working regulations | eight weeks’ pay capped at 4,064 | eight weeks’ pay capped at 4,200 |
Samira Cakali
Solicitor Advocate LLB (Hons), Higher Rights (Civil) at SCE Solicitors
Samira Cakali is a pragmatic and approachable solicitor advocate with extensive contentious and non-contentious experience in the fields of employment law as well as civil litigation, within a range of commercial businesses from SME’s to multinationals as well as senior executives.
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