Nursery World - HR Update - New awards for unfair dismissal

Jacqui Mann provides an update on some of the changes to legislation which will have an impact on you as an employer

February 2013

Increase in maximum Employment Tribunal awards from 1 February 2013:

The increases will be:

This means the maximum unfair dismissal award can be £87,700 (maximum basic award plus maximum compensatory award).

The Government published its response to the 'Ending Employment' consultation on limiting the cap on unfair dismissal. This confirms that it will go ahead with its plans to limit the cap on unfair dismissal claims to the lower of the current statutory cap (£74,200 from 1 February) or the claimant's annual net salary.

The minimum basic award in cases where the dismissal was unfair, by virtue of being an employee representative or trade union official, health and safety reasons or reasons connected to being an occupational pension trustee, will increase from £5,300 to 5,500.

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