From 1 February 2012 the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal is increased from £68,400 to £72,300. The maximum basic award is increased from £12,000 to £12,900.

The maximum "weekly pay" for calculating certain statutory entitlements, including statutory redundancy pay for redundancies taking effect on or after 1 February 2012, is increased from £400 to £430.

The limit on guarantee payments when an employee is not provided with work is increased from £22.20 to £23.50, and the minimum compensation for a worker excluded or expelled from a trade union goes up from £7,600 to £8,100.

The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011 is at www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3006/made

Updated 8/1/12. This information updates ss.35.7.1, 37.4.2 and various other sections in The Russell-Cooke Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook.

Further information on legal updates for voluntary organisations can be found at http://www.sandy-a.co.uk/legal.htm

Source: Sandy Adirondack