The government has announced increases to statutory rates, tribunal award caps, NI thresholds, the National Living wage and the National Minimum wage from April this year.
Compensation Limits
| Payments | From 6 April 2021 | From 6 April 2020 |
| Limit on guarantee payments | £30 | £30 |
| Limit on a week’s pay for calculating redundancy and unfair dismissal basic award | £544 | £538 |
| Maximum basic award for unfair dismissal and statutory redundancy payment (30 weeks’ pay subject to the limit on week’s pay | £16,320 | £16,140 |
| Minimum basic award for dismissal on trade union, health and safety, occupational pension scheme trustee, employee representative and on working time grounds only | £6,635 | £6,562 |
| Maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal | £89,493 | £88,519 |
| Minimum compensation for employees excluded/expelled from trade union | £10,132 | £10,022 |
| Contract claims (if a claim for breach of contract (e.g. wrongful dismissal) is brought in an employment tribunal, compensation is capped at £25,000. If the claim is for more than £25,000, it can be made in the county court or high court | £25,000 | £25,000 |
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Family-friendly payments
| Payments | From 6 April 2021 | From 6 April 2020 |
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Statutory shared parental pay (ShPP) Statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. |
£151.97 | £151.20 |
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Statutory maternity pay (SMP) First six weeks – 90% of employee’s average weekly earnings. Remaining weeks at the statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. |
£151.97 | £151.20 |
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Statutory adoption pay (SAP) First six weeks – 90% of employee’s average weekly earnings. Remaining weeks at the statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. |
£151.97 | £151.20 |
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Statutory paternity pay (SPP) Statutory rate or 90% of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower. |
£151.97 | £151.20 |
National minimum wage
| Age | From 1st April 2021 | From 1st April 2020 | |
| Workers aged 25 and over (National Living Wage) | ££7.50 an hour£7.50 an hour | £8.91 an hour | £8.72 an hour |
| Workers aged 21–24 | £8.35 an hour | £8.20 an hour | |
| Development rates for workers aged 18–20 | £6.56 an hour | £6.45 an hour | |
| Young workers rate for workers aged 16–17 | £4.62 an hour | £4.55 an hour | |
| Apprentices under 19, or over 19 and in first year of the apprenticeship | £4.30 an hour | £4.15 an hour |
