Below, we have compiled a useful list of the latest updates to employment tribunal limits and other rate changes coming into force from April 2023.
Increases in statutory payments and maximum Employment Tribunal awards
Injury to feelings award
|
Date claim presented |
Lower band |
Middle band |
Top band |
|
6 April 2023 – 5 April 2024 |
£1,100 - £11,200 |
£11,200 - £33,700 |
£33,700 - £56,200 |
|
6 April 2022 – 5 April 2023 |
£990 – £9,900 |
£9,900 – £29,600 |
£29,600 – £49,300 |
Unfair Dismissal
|
|
Maximum (Basic Award) |
|
6 April 2023-5 April 2024
|
£19,290 |
|
6 April 2022-5 April 2023 |
£17,130 |
|
|
Statutory cap (Compensatory Award) |
|
6 April 2023-5 April 2024 |
£105,707 |
|
6 April 2022-5 April 2023 |
£93,878 |
Redundancy
The limit on a week’s pay will increase to £643 from its current rate of £571 (this is used to calculate statutory redundancy and other payments)
Increases in SSP, SMP and other statutory benefits
Statutory Maternity Pay
|
|
SMP: prescribed rate (each week) |
Maximum period |
|
10 April 2023 – 9 April 2024 |
£172.48 |
33 weeks |
|
3 April 2022 – 9 April 2023 |
£156.66 |
33 weeks |
Statutory Adoption Pay
|
|
SAP: prescribed rate (each week) |
Maximum period |
|
10 April 2023 – 9 April 2024 |
172.48 |
33 weeks |
|
3 April 2022 – 9 April 2023 |
£156.66 |
33 weeks |
Statutory Paternity Pay
|
|
SPP: prescribed rate (each week) |
Maximum period |
|
10 April 2023 – 9 April 2024 |
£172.48 |
Two weeks ordinary paternity pay |
|
3 April 2022 - 9 April 2023 |
£156.66 |
Two weeks ordinary paternity pay |
Shared Parental Pay
|
|
ShPP: prescribed rate (each week) |
Maximum period |
|
3 April 2023 – 2 April 2024 |
£172.48 |
39 weeks, less any weeks spent by the child's mother or adopter in receipt of SMP, MA or SAP |
|
3 April 2022 – 2 April 2023 |
£156.66 |
39 weeks, less any weeks spent by the child's mother or adopter in receipt of SMP, MA or SAP |
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay
|
|
SPBP: prescribed rate (each week) |
Maximum period |
|
10 April 2023 – 9 April 2024 |
£172.48 |
2 weeks |
|
3 April 2022 – 9 April 2023 |
£156.66 |
2 weeks |
Statutory Sick Pay
|
Sick days between |
SSP rate (each week) |
|
10 April 2023 - 9 April 2024 |
£109.40 |
|
6 April 2022 - 9 April 2023 |
£99.35 |
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
From 1 April 2023 the new hourly rates for National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage are:
- For Apprentices – £5.28, increased from £4.81
- For ages 16-17 – £5.28, increased from £4.81
- For ages 18-20 – £7.49, increased from £6.83
- For ages 21-22 – £10.18, increased from £9.18
- National Living Wage (ages 23+) – £10.42, increased from £9.50
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Key Contacts
Debbie Coyne
Employment Law Senior Associate Solicitor
Debbie is a Senior Associate in the Employment team who regularly attends our offices in Altrincham, Warrington and Chester. She is recommended in The Legal 500 and has been named as a Rising Star.
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