The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2020

Article 3

SCHEDULE

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Relevant statutory provision		Subject of provision	Old limit	New limit
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.	£4,193	£4,294
2	Section 156(1) of the 1992 Act(1)	Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 152(1) or 153 of the 1992 Act.	£6,408	£6,562
3	Section 176(6A) of the 1992 Act(2)	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.	£9,787	£10,022
4	Section 31(1) of the 1996 Act	Limit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day.	£29	£30
5	Section 120(1) of the 1996 Act(3)	Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 100(1)(a) and (b), 101A(d), 102(1) or 103 of the 1996 Act.	£6,408	£6,562
6	Section 124(1ZA)(a) of the 1996 Act(4)	Limit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal.	£86,444	£88,519
7	Section 186(1)(a) and (b) 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.	£525	£538
8	Section 227(1) of the 1996 Act(5)	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.	£525	£538

(1)

Section 156(1) was amended by the Employment Rights Act 1996, Schedule 1, paragraph 56(1) and 9(a).

(2)

Section 176(6A) was inserted by the Employment Relations Act 2004, section 33(6).

(3)

Section 120(1) was amended by the Working Time Regulations 1998. S.I. 1998/1833, regulation 32(5).

(4)

Section 124(1ZA) was inserted by the Unfair Dismissal (Variation of the Limit of Compensatory Award) Order 2013, S.I. 2013/1949, article 2(1) and (3).

(5)

Section 227(1) was amended by the Employment Act 2002, Schedule 7, paragraphs 24 and 47, and the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 and 9.