{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-227",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-227.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996",
  "path": "section/227",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "227",
  "heading": "Maximum amount.",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of calculating—\n(zza) an award of compensation under section 63J(1)(b),\n(za) an award of compensation under section 80I(1)(b),\n(a) a basic award of compensation for unfair dismissal,\n(b) an additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal,\n(ba) an award under section 112(5), or\n(c) a redundancy payment,\nthe amount of a week’s pay shall not exceed £751.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 227(1)(zza) inserted (6.4.2010 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 40, 269(4), Sch. 1 para. 9; S.I. 2010/303, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with arts. 8-14) (as amended by S.I. 2010/1151, art. 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 227(1)(za) inserted (6.4.2003) by Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 47(2); S.I. 2002/2866, art. 2(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 227(1)(ba) substituted (1.11.2004) for word by Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), ss. 53, 55(2), Sch. 7 para. 47(3); S.I. 2004/2822, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in s. 227(1) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/310), art. 1(2), Sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 227(2)-(4) repealed (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 36(1)(3), 44, Sch. 9(10); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2(b)(c), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 226-229 applied (with modifications) (4.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/192, reg. 37(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 220-228 applied (6.4.2006 with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), regs. 1(2), 16(4) (with reg. 21(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 227(1): power to amend conferred (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 34(1)(e); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2(a)S. 227(1) applied (4.9.2000) by 1999 c. 26, s. 11(5) (with ss. 14, 15); S.I. 2000/2242, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 227(1) applied in part (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), regs. 1(1), 47, Sch. 6 para. 11(5) (with regs. 44-46, Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 227(1) applied in part (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), regs. 1(1), 47, Sch. 6 para. 12(5) (with regs. 44-46, Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 227(1) applied (6.4.2010) by The Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/155), reg. 17(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 227(1)(c) excluded (4.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/192, reg. 37(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2023/46",
      "affecting_title": "Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 (repealed)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/227",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:50.937818+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}