Statutory rates

April 2019

Compensation limits

Note that these rates change regularly and you should confirm them with HMRC (www.hmrc.gov.uk).

Employment right	Maximum award
Unfair dismissal	Applies to dismissal where the effective date of termination fell on or after 6 April 2019
Basic award	£16,140
Compensatory award	£88,519 (a)
Additional award	£13,988 – £27,976 (in other words: 26 to 52 weeks pay)
Redundancy pay	£16,140
Limit on a week’s gross pay	£538
Discrimination (Sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion)	No limit
Dismissal for union/ employee representative reasons
Basic award	£16,140 minimum £6,662
Compensatory award	£88,519
Dismissal for making a protected disclosure
Basic award	£16,140
Compensatory award	No limit
Contract claims in tribunal	£25,000
Guarantee pay	£30.00 per day (5 days in any period of 3 months)
Failure to allow right to be accompanied	£1,076
Flexible working regulations	£4,304 (Up to eight weeks' pay)
Failure to give written particulars of terms of employment	£1,076 or £2,152 (2 or 4 weeks pay capped at the statutory amount)

(a) Or one year’s salary where dismissal takes place after 29th July 2013.

 

Parental payments from April 2019

Type of payment	Current rate	Maximum period
Statutory maternity pay (higher rate)	90% of normal weekly earnings	6 weeks
Statutory maternity pay (lower rate)*	£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower	33 weeks
Statutory paternity pay*	£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower	2 weeks
Statutory adoption pay*	£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower	39 weeks
Statutory shared parental pay*	£151.20 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower	39 weeks

*In respect of babies or children adopted on or after 1st April 2015.

Sickness payments

Type of payment	Current rate	Maximum period
Statutory sick pay	£95.85 a week	28 weeks in any 3 years

Lower earnings limit

Type of payment	Current rate	Maximum period
Lower earnings limit	£120.00	n/a

National minimum wage from April 2019

Type of payment	Current rate	Old rate
Workers aged 25+	£8.72	£8.21
Workers aged 21 to 24	£8.20	£7.70
Development rate Workers aged 18-20 and those aged 21 and over doing accredited training in the first six months of employment	£6.45	£6.15
Workers aged 16 and 17	£4.55	£4.35
Apprentices aged under 19 (or over 19 and in the first year of their apprenticeship)	£4.15	£3.90