Employers - Figures

Tribunal Award Limits From 1 February 2012

• “A week’s pay”: up to £430 (gross)
• Unfair dismissal - Basic Award: up to £12,900
• Unfair dismissal - Compensatory Award: up to £72,300
• Additional award: £11,180 to £22,360  (26 to 52 weeks’ pay)
• Statutory redundancy payment: up to £12,900
• Breach of contract claims: up to £25,000
• Failure to consult over collective redundancy:  90 days’ actual pay
• Failure to inform or consult over a TUPE transfer: 13 weeks’ actual pay
• Failure to give statement of employment particulars: 2-4 weeks pay (between £860 to £1,720)

National Minimum Wage

Family Friendly Rights From 3 April 2011

• Statutory Maternity Pay: 90% of pay for 6 weeks then £128.73 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings (if lower) for 33 weeks.
• Statutory Paternity Pay: £128.73 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings (if lower) for 2 weeks of ordinary paternity leave and thereafter 26 weeks of additional paternity leave in certain circumstances.
• Statutory Adoption Pay: £128.73 a week or 90% of normal weekly earnings (if lower) for 39 weeks.

Sick Leave From 6 April 2011

 
• £81.60 a week for 28 weeks in any period of incapacity for work (PIW) or any series of PIWs spanning a maximum of three years.

Employment Tribunal Statistics
(ET  And EAT Statistics (GB) -  1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011)

• Employment Tribunal claims in 2010/11: 218,100 (8% fall from 2009/2010).

Maximum Tribunal Award for:

• Unfair Dismissal: £181,754 (£234,549 in 2009/2010)
• Sex Discrimination: £289,167 (£442,366 in 2009/2010)
• Race Discrimination: £62,530 (£374,922 in 2009/2010)
• Disability Discrimination: £181,083 (£729,347 in 2009/2010)
• Age Discrimination: £144,100 (£48,710 in 2009/2010)
• Religion / Philosophical belief: £20,221(£9,500 in 2009/2010)
• Sexual Orientation: £47,633 (£163,725 in 2009/2010)

Median Tribunal Award for

• Unfair Dismissal: £4,591(£4903 in 2009/2010)
• Sex Discrimination: £6,078 (£6,275 in 2009/2010)
• Race Discrimination: £6,277 (£5,392 in 2008/2009)
• Disability Discrimination: £6,142 (£8,553 in 2009/2010)
• Age Discrimination: £12,697 (£5,868 in 2009/2010)
• Religion / Philosophical belief: £6,892 (£5,000 in 2009/2010)
• Sexual Orientation: £5,500 (£5,000 in 2009/2010)

Costs awarded by the Employment Tribunal

• Maximum:  £83,000 (£13,942 in 2009/2010)
• Median: £1,273 (£1000 in 2009/2010)

Absence Management (CIPD Annual Survey - October 2010)

• Average Sickness absence: 7.7 days (2009: 7.4 days) 
• Average Sickness Absence (Public Sector): 9.6 days (2009: 9.7 days)
• Average Sickness Absence (Private Service Sector): 6.6 days (2009: 6.4 days)
• Average Cost of absence per employee per year: £600 (2009: £692)

Employment Statistics (Office for National Statistics – www.statistics.gov.uk)

• Employment Rate (April - June 2011): 70.7%
• Unemployment rate (April - June 2011): 7.9%
• JSA Claimants (July 2011): 1.56 million (up 37,100 from June 2011)
• Inactivity rate for people of working age (April - June 2011): 23.2%.

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