Compensation Limits
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Payments
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Former Rate
(£)
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Current Rate
(£)
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Limit on guarantee payments
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28 (maximum £140, five
days in any three-month period)
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29 (maximum £145, five
days in any three-month period)
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Limit on a
week’s pay for calculating redundancy and unfair dismissal basic award
|
525
|
538
|
Maximum basic award for unfair dismissal and statutory redundancy
payment
|
15,240 (30
weeks’ pay subject to the limit on a week’s pay)
|
15,750 (30 weeks’ pay
subject to the limit on a week’s pay)
|
Minimum basic
award for dismissal on trade union, health and safety, occupational pension
scheme trustee, employee representative and on working time grounds only
|
6,408
|
6,592
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Maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal
|
86,444
|
88,519
|
Additional
award for failure to comply with reinstatement or re-engagement order
|
13,208 – 26,416
(26 – 52 weeks’ pay maximum)
|
13,650 – 27,300 (26 – 52 weeks’ pay
maximum)
|
Minimum compensation for employees excluded/expelled from trade union
|
9,474
|
9,787
|
Failure to
allow right to be accompanies correctly
|
1,016
(two weeks’ pay capped at the statutory
amount)
|
1,050
(two weeks’ pay capped at the statutory
amount)
|
Failure to give written statement of particulars
|
1,016 or 2,032
(two or four weeks’ pay
capped at the statutory amount)
|
1,050 or 2,100
(two or four weeks’ pay
capped at the statutory amount)
|
Flexible
working regulations
|
4,064 (eight weeks’ pay capped at the
statutory amount)
|
4,200 (eight weeks’ pay capped at the
statutory amount)
|
Contract claims (if a claim for breach of contract is brought in an
employment tribunal, compensation is capped at £25,000. If the claim is for
more than £25,000, it can be made in the county court of high court.
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25,000
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25,000
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