| National Minimum Wage | ||
| Age | Former Rate (£) | Current Rate (£) |
| Workers aged 25 and over (National Living Wage) | 8.21 | 8.72 |
| Workers aged 21 – 24 | 7.70 | 8.20 |
| Development rates for workers aged 18 – 20 | 6.15 | 6.45 |
| Young workers rate for workers aged 16 – 17 | 4.35 | 4.55 |
| Apprentices under 19, or over 19 and in their first year of the apprenticeship | 3.90 | 4.15 |
| Statutory Sick Pay | ||
| Payment | Former Rate (£) | Current Rate (£) |
| Statutory sick pay | 94.25 | 95.85 |
| Family Friendly Payments | ||
| Payments | Former Rate (£) | Current Rate (£) |
| Statutory shared parental pay (ShPP) Statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. | 148.68 | 151.20 |
| Statutory maternity pay (SMP) First six weeks – 90% of employee’s average weekly earnings. Remaining weeks at the statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. | 148.68 | 151.20 |
| Statutory paternity pay (SPP) Statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. | 148.68 | 151.20 |
| Statutory adoption pay (SAP) First six weeks – 90% of employee’s average weekly earnings. Remaining weeks at the statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. | 148.68 | 151.20 |
| Compensation Limits | ||
| Payments | Former Rate (£) | Current Rate (£) |
| Limit on guarantee payments | 28 (maximum £140, five days in any three-month period) | 29 (maximum £145, five days in any three-month period) |
| 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 |
| 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. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
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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