Law Updates

Limits of Compensation at Employment Tribunal

The maximum awards at an Employment Tribunal are, from 1 February 2001, as shown below:-

Weekly
Limit

 Current Maximum
Unfair Dismissal basic award £240 £7,200
Unfair Dismissal compensatory award £51,700

Unfair Dismissal additional award
(for failure to comply witha reinstatement or re-engagement order).
Awards are based on a number of weeks pay, subject to the usual limit

 £240 £6,240 - £12,480
(all additional awards are for 26 to 52 weeks pay)
Redundancy pay £240 £7,200
Guarantee pay
(limit on a day's pay during short-time or temporary lay-off)		 £16.70
(daily limit)

£83.50
(in respect of 5 days in any period of 3 months)
Insolvency rights
(limit on a week's pay for recoverable debts)		 £240 1. Arrears of pay - £1,920
2. Statutory notice pay - £2,880
3. Holiday pay - £1,440
4. Basic Award - £7,200
Unfair recruitment
(refusal of employment or services of employment agency on union membership grounds) 		£51,700

Minimum Basic Award

A minimum basic award of £3,300 applies in cases of Unfair Dismissal where the principal reason for the dismissal is one of the following:-