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Redundancy Pay, Guarantee Payments and tribunal awards - Annual review of payments and limits
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The following statutory limits will take effect where the appropriate day for the particular payment, as specified in legislation, falls on or after 1 February 2006. The increases are prompted by a rise in the retail price index in the year to September 2005 of 2.7%.
| Statutory Provision
| Old limit
| New limit
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| Minimum basic award for unfair dismissal or selection for redundancy on grounds related to union membership or activities
| £3,800
| £4,000
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| Minimum compensation awarded for exclusion or expulsion from a trade union
| £6,100
| £6,300
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| Limit on daily amount of guarantee payment
| £18.40
| £18.90
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| Minimum basic award for unfair dismissal for participation in health and safety activities, exercise of rights under the Working Time Regulations, activities as a pension scheme trustee, activities as an employee representative in connection with redundancies or a transfer of undertakings
| £3,800
| £4,000
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| Limit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal
| £56,800
| £58,400
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| Maximum weekly amount paid from National Insurance Fund to pay contractual debts owed on the insolvency of the employer
| £280
| £290
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| Maximum weekly amount of a basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal or redundancy payment.
| £280
| £290
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...back to 2 February 2006
Sources:
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2005
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