Compensatory Awards
The following provides useful information on the current rates and limits of tribunal awards:
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Failure to give written statement of particulars (commonly known as a contract of employment) |
£950 - £1900 (2 - 4 weeks’ pay capped at the statutory amount) |
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Limit on a week’s pay for calculating redundancy and unfair dismissal basic award |
£475 |
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Maximum basic award for unfair dismissal and statutory redundancy payment (30 weeks' pay subject to the limit on week's pay) |
£14,250 |
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Minimum basic award for unfair dismissal on trade union, health and safety, occupational pension scheme trustee, employee representative and on working time grounds only. |
£5,807 |
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Maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal (this is unlimited for certain automatically unfair dismissals, for example health and safety or whistleblowing) |
£78,335* |
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Additional award for failure to comply with reinstatement or re-engagement order. |
£12,350 - £24,700 (26- 52 weeks’ pay maximum) |
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Limit on guarantee payments (e.g. in relation to lay-off clauses) |
£26 a day (maximum £130, being five days in any three month period.) |
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Minimum compensation for employees excluded/expelled from trade union |
£8,868 |
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Redundancy - failure to conduct collective consultation (protective award) |
90 days' gross pay (maximum) |
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TUPE - failure to consult |
13 weeks' gross pay (maximum) |
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Failure to allow right to be accompanied correctly |
£950 (two weeks’ pay capped at the statutory amount) |
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Breach of flexible working regulations |
£3,800 (eight weeks’ pay capped at the statutory amount) |
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Contract claims (If a claim for breach of contract (wrongful dismissal) is brought in an employment tribunal the most the tribunal can currently award is £25,000. If the claim is for more than £25,000, it can be made in the county court or high court). |
£25,000
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Employment tribunals can now levy a financial penalty on employers found to have breached an employee’s employment rights
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up to a maximum of £5,000 |
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The maximum civil penalty for illegally employing an immigrant |
£20,000 |
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Discrimination claim under the Equality Act 2010 |
Unlimited |
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(*or one year's gross pay, if lower.)
Note: data courtesy of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
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