Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2016
New limits for compensation, weekly pay for redundancy and other rates. In force from 6 April 2016.
The new limits and caps to apply in Employment Tribunal remedies have been released and are set out below.
They come into force on 6 April 2016.
The original SI can be read here
Relevant statutory provision | Subject of provision |
Old rate
| New limit / rate from 6 April 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
| Section 145E(3) of the 1992 Act
| Amount of award for unlawful inducement relating to trade union membership or activities, or for unlawful inducement relating to collective bargaining.
| £3,800
| £3,830
| |||||
2
| Section 156(1) of the 1992 Act
| Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of sections 152(1) or 153 of the 1992 Act.
| £5,807
| £5,853
| |||||
3
| Section 176(6A) of the 1992 Act
| Minimum amount of compensation where individual excluded or expelled from union in contravention of section 174 of the 1992 Act and not admitted or re-admitted by date of tribunal application.
| £8,868
| £8,939
| |||||
4
| Section 31(1) of the 1996 Act
| Limit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day.
| £26.00
| £26.00
| |||||
5
| Section 120(1) of the 1996 Act
| Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of sections 100(1)(a) and (b), 101A(d), 102(1) or 103 of the 1996 Act.
| £5,807
| £5,853
| |||||
6
| Section 124(1ZA)(a) of the 1996 Act | Limit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal.
| £78,335
| £78,962
| |||||
7
| Paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 186(1) of the 1996 Act
| Limit on amount in respect of any one week payable to an employee in respect of a debt to which Part 12 of the 1996 Act applies and which is referable to a period of time.
| £475
| £479
| |||||
8
| Section 227(1) of the 1996 Act
| Maximum amount of "a week's pay" for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment or for various awards including the basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal.
| £475
| £479
| |||||
Published: 04/03/2016 17:29
