{"id":12,"date":"2019-04-01T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:23:55","slug":"rates-limits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/rates-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Rates and limits"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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 <\/td>\nValue<\/b><\/td>\nApplicable date<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week’s pay cap<\/td>\n\u00a3719
\u00a3751<\/td>\n		6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
6 April 2026 – 5 April 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unfair dismissal<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basic award (max)<\/td>\n\u00a321,570
\u00a322,530<\/td>\n		6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
6 April 2026 – 5 April 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Compensatory award (max)<\/td>\n\u00a3118,223\/52 weeks’ pay
\u00a3123,453\/52 weeks’ pay
Uncapped<\/td>\n		6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
6 April 2026 – 31 December 2026
1 January 2027 onwards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redundancy<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Statutory redundancy payment (max)<\/td>\n\u00a321,570
\u00a322,530<\/td>\n		6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
6 April 2026 – 5 April 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Failure to inform and consult (collective redundancies) (max)<\/td>\n90 days’ gross pay per dismissed employee
180 days’ gross pay per dismissed employee<\/td>\n		\n


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TBC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Maternity pay (SMP) and adoption pay (SAP)<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a3187.18
\u00a3194.32<\/td>\n		6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
6 April 2026 – 5 April 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paternity pay<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a3187.18
\u00a3194.32<\/td>\n		6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
6 April 2026 – 5 April 2027

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Shared parental leave<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a3187.18
\u00a3194.32<\/td>\n		6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
6 April 2026 – 5 April 2027

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Flexible working (max)<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a35,752<\/td>\n6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Statutory sick pay<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

\u00a3118.75<\/p>\n

\u00a3123.25<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026

6 April 2026 – 5 April 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
National minimum wage<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21 and over

<\/td>\n		\u00a312.21
\u00a312.71<\/td>\n		1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18-20<\/td>\n\u00a310.00
\u00a310.85<\/td>\n		1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16-17<\/td>\n\u00a37.55
\u00a38.00<\/td>\n		1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apprentices<\/td>\n\u00a37.55
\u00a38.00<\/td>\n		1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TUPE: Failure to inform and consult (max)<\/strong><\/td>\n13 weeks’ gross pay per affected employee<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Value Applicable date Week’s pay cap \u00a3719\u00a3751 6 April 2025 – 5 April 20266 April 2026 – 5 April 2027 Unfair dismissal     Basic award (max) \u00a321,570\u00a322,530 6 April 2025 – 5 April 20266 April 2026 – 5 April 2027 Compensatory award (max) \u00a3118,223\/52 weeks’ pay\u00a3123,453\/52 weeks’ payUncapped 6 April 2025 – 5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"disabled","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}