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Employment Facts & Figures

Statutory rates

Maternity/adoption pay
90% of average weekly income for the first 6 weeks

Lower of £184.03 or 90% of average weekly income for the following 33 weeks

Paternity pay Lower of £184.03 or 90% of average weekly income each week
Shared parental pay Lower of £184.03 or 90% of average weekly income each week
Sick pay £116.75 each week

 

National Minimum Wage

Apprentices ££6.40 per hour (if aged under 19 or aged 19 or over in the first year of apprenticeship)
Age 16-17 £6.40 per hour
Age 18-20 £8.60 per hour

 

National Living Wage

Age 23+ £11.44 per hour

 

Compensation limits 

Week’s pay £700 (maximum)
Statutory redundancy payment £21,000 (maximum)
Unfair dismissal basic award £121,000 (maximum)
Unfair dismissal compensatory award Lower of £115,115 or 52 weeks’ gross pay
Automatically unfair dismissal basic award £7,836 (minimum)
Breach of right to be accompanied Up to 2 weeks’ pay (a week’s pay is capped at £700)
Breach of flexible working regulations Up to 8 weeks’ pay (a week’s pay is capped at £700)
Failure to give written particulars of employment 2 or 4 weeks’ pay (a week’s pay is capped at £700)
Failure to inform or consult (collective redundancy) 90 days’ gross pay
Failure to inform or consult (TUPE transfer) 13 weeks’ gross pay
Guarantee payment Lower of £38 each day or a day’s pay for 5 days in any 3 month period

 

Qualifying Periods

Unfair dismissal claims 2 years’ continuous service
 Statutory redundancy 2 years’ continuous service
Statutory Maternity pay At least 26 weeks’ continuous service
Statutory Paternity pay At least 26 weeks’ continuous service
Shared Parental Pay At least 26 weeks’ continuous service

 

Time Limits

Employment Tribunal claim 3 months less 1 day (6 months if claim is for failure to pay redundancy pay)
Contract claim in the civil courts 6 years