Type of paymentMinimum from 6 April 2020Maximum from 6 April 2020
Limit on a week’s payNo minimum£538
Unfair dismissal basic awardNo minimum (except in automatically unfair dismissals (£6,562) or blacklisting cases (£5,000))£16,140 (save in limited circumstances)
Unfair dismissal compensatory awardNo minimum£88,519 (save in certain circumstances)
Unfair dismissal additional awardLower of 26 weeks’ pay or £13,98852 weeks’ pay (up to £27,976)
Statutory redundancy paymentNo minimum£16,140
Guarantee pay limit for day’s pay during short-time or temporary lay offNo minimum
£30 a day (subject to a maximum of 5 days or £150 in any three months)
Breach of right to be accompaniedNo minimum2 weeks’ pay (up to £1,076)
Breach of contract cases heard in the employment tribunalNo minimum£25,000
Failure to inform or consult over collective redundancyNo minimum90 days’ actual pay (gross)
Failure to inform or consult over a TUPE transferNo minimum13 weeks’ actual pay (gross)
Failure to give statement of employment particulars2 weeks’ pay (up to £1,076)4 weeks’ pay (up to £2,152)
Breach of flexible working regulationsNo minimum8 weeks’ pay (up to £4,304)

Families and pregnancy

Types of paymentFrom 1 April 2019From 7 April 2020Maximum period
Statutory maternity pay (SMP) earnings-related rate90% of employee’s normal weekly earnings90% of employee’s normal weekly earnings6 weeks
SMP (prescribed rate)£148.68 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower33 weeks
Maternity allowance (MA)£148.68 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower39 weeks
Statutory paternity pay (SPP)£148.68 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower2 weeks’ ordinary paternity leave
Statutory adoption pay (SAP) earnings-related rate90% of employee’s normal weekly earnings90% of employee’s normal weekly earnings 6 weeks
SAP (prescribed rate)£148.68 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower33 weeks
Shared parental leave pay (SPLP)£148.68 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower39 weeks less any period of SMP, MA or SAP

Sickness

Types of paymentSick days on or after 6 April 2019Sick days on or after 6 April 2020Maximum period
Statutory sick pay
£94.25 a week
£95.85 a week28 weeks in any period of incapacity for work (PIW) or any linked series of PIWs spanning a maximum of 3 years

National Minimum Wage

RateFrom 1 April 2020
National Living Wage: workers age 25 and over (minimum hourly rate)£8.72
Standard rate: workers age 21 and over (minimum hourly rate)
£8.20
Development rate: workers age 18-20 and those age 21 and over doing accredited training in the first six months of employment (minimum hourly rate)£6.45
Young workers rate: workers above compulsory school age but under 18 and not apprenticed (minimum hourly rate)£4.55
Apprenticeship rate: apprentices under 19 or in the first year of an apprenticeship (otherwise refer to age bands)£4.15
Accommodation offset (maximum deduction per day from NMW where employer provides)£8.

The above rates and payments are reviewed annually and are subject to change from time to time. They apply under statutory provisions but individual employees may be entitled to greater payments by virtue of their terms and conditions of employment.

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