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Statutory Payments

From April 2018 statutory payments are as follows….


Maximum week’s pay for calculating redundancy and unfair dismissal basic award: From 6 April 2018: £508

Maximum basic award for unfair dismissal and statutory redundancy payment: From 6 April 2018: £15,240 (30 weeks’ pay subject to the limit on a week’s pay)

Maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal (unlimited for certain automatically unfair dismissals, for example, health and safety or whistleblowing): From 6 April 2018: £83,682

Additional award for failure to comply with reinstatement or re-engagement order: From 6 April 2018: £13,208 – £26,416 (26-52 weeks’ pay maximum)

Failure to allow right to be accompanied correctly: From 6 April 2018: £1,016 (two weeks’ pay capped at the statutory amount)

Failure to give written statement of particulars: From 6 April 2018: £1,016 or £2,032 (two or four weeks’ pay capped at the statutory amount)

Flexible working regulations: From 6 April 2018: £4,064 (eight weeks’ pay capped at the statutory amount)

National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage: From 1 April 2018:

Workers aged 25 and over: £7.83 an hour (National Living Wage)

Workers aged 21 and over: £7.38 an hour

Development rate for workers aged 18-20: £5.90 an hour

Young workers rate for workers aged 16-17: £4.20 an hour

Apprentice rate: £3.70 an hour

For any further advice or information please contact the team here at SFB Consulting. Our offices are based in Bishop’s Stortford and London, but we offer our services and consultancy UK wide. 

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