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The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/3570 · Made 18 December 2007

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Made 18th December 2007

Laid before Parliament 19th December 2007

Coming into force 1st February 2008

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 34 of the Employment Relations Act 1999f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 26.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Revocation
  3. 3Increase of limits
  4. 4Transitional provisions
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule Schedule
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st February 2008.

(2)

In this Order—

(a)

“the 1992 Act” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992f1; and

(b)

“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996f2.

2Revocation

The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2006f1 is revoked.

3Increase of limits

In the provisions set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (generally described in column 2), for the sums specified in column 3 substitute the sums specified in column 4.

4Transitional provisions

(1)

The revocation in article 2 and the substitutions made by article 3 do not have effect in relation to a case where the appropriate date falls before 1st February 2008.

(2)

In this article “the appropriate date” means—

(a)

in the case of an application made under section 67(1) of the 1992 Act (compensation for unjustifiable discipline by a trade union), the date of the determination infringing the applicant’s right;

(b)

in the case of a complaint presented under section 70C(1) of the 1992 Actf1 (failure by an employer to consult with a trade union on training matters), the date of the failure;

(c)

in the case of a complaint presented under section 137(2) of the 1992 Act (refusal of employment on grounds related to union membership) or section 138(2) of that Act (refusal of service of employment agency on grounds related to union membership), the date of the conduct to which the complaint relates, as determined under section 139 of that Act;

(d)

in the case of an award under section 145E(2)(b) of the 1992 Actf2 (award to worker in respect of offer made by employer in contravention of section 145A or 145B of that Actf3), the date of the offer;

(e)

in the case of an application made under section 176(2) of the 1992 Actf4 (compensation for exclusion or expulsion from a trade union), the date of the exclusion or expulsion from the union;

(f)

in the case of an award under paragraph 159(1) of Schedule A1 to the 1992 Actf5, where a worker has suffered a detriment that is the termination of the worker’s contract, the date of the termination;

(g)

in the case of a guarantee payment to which an employee is entitled under section 28(1) of the 1996 Act, the day in respect of which the payment is due;

(h)

in the case of an award of compensation under section 49(1)(b) of the 1996 Act by virtue of section 24(2) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998f6, where a worker has suffered a detriment that is the termination of the worker’s contract, the date of the termination;

(i)

in the case of an award under section 80I of the 1996 Actf7 (award of compensation relating to an application for contract variation), the date of the failure in relation to the application or of the decision to reject the application;

(j)

in the case of an award under section 112(4) or (5) of the 1996 Actf8 (award in relation to unfair dismissal) the effective date of termination as defined by section 97 of that Act;

(k)

in the case of an award under section 117(1) or (3) of the 1996 Actf9, where an employer has failed to comply fully with the terms of an order for reinstatement or re-engagement or has failed to reinstate or re-engage the complainant in accordance with such an order, the date by which the order for reinstatement (specified under section 114(2)(c) of that Act) or, as the case may be, re-engagement (specified under section 115(2)(f) of that Act), should have been complied with;

(l)

in the case of entitlement to a redundancy payment by virtue of section 135(1)(a) of the 1996 Act (dismissal by reason of redundancy), the relevant date as defined by section 145 of that Actf10;

(m)

in the case of entitlement to a redundancy payment by virtue of section 135(1)(b) of the 1996 Act (lay-off or short-time), the relevant date as defined by section 153 of that Act;

(n)

in the case of entitlement to a payment under section 182 of the 1996 Act (payments by the Secretary of State), the appropriate date as defined by section 185 of that Act;

(o)

in the case of a complaint presented under section 11(1) of the Employment Relations Act 1999f11 (failure or threatened failure to allow the worker to be accompanied at the disciplinary or grievance hearing, to allow the companion to address the hearing or confer with the worker, or to postpone the hearing), the date of the failure or threat;

(p)

in the case of an award made under section 38(2) of the Employment Act 2002f12 (duty to give a written statement of initial employment particulars or of particulars of change), the date the proceedings to which that section applies were begun;

(q)

in the case of an increase in an award in pursuance of section 38(3) of the Employment Act 2002, the date the proceedings to which that section applies were begun;

(r)

in the case of a complaint presented under regulation 15 of the Flexible Working (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2002f13 (failure or threatened failure to allow an employee to be accompanied at a meeting or to postpone the meeting), the date of the failure or threat;

(s)

in the case of a complaint presented under paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 6 to the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006f14 (failure of employer to comply with duty to notify employee of date on which he intends employee to retire or of right to make request not to retire on the intended date), the date of the failure; and

(t)

in the case of a complaint presented under paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 6 to the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006f15 (failure or threatened failure to allow an employee to be accompanied at a meeting, to allow the companion to address the meeting or confer with the employee, or to postpone the meeting), the date of the failure or threat.

Signature

Pat McFadden

Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs

Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

18th December 2007

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Relevant statutory provisionSubject of provisionOld limitsNew limits
1Section 145E(3) of the 1992 Actf1Amount of award for unlawful inducement relating to trade union membership or activities, or for unlawful inducement relating to collective bargaining.£2,700£2,900
2Section 156(1) of the 1992 Actf2Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 152(1) or 153 of the 1992 Act.£4,200£4,400
3Section 176(6A) of the 1992 Actf3Minimum amount of compensation where individual excluded or expelled from union in contravention of section 174 of the 1992 Act and not admitted or re-admitted by date of tribunal application.£6,600£6,900
4Section 31(1) of the 1996 ActLimit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day.£19.60£20.40
5Section 120(1) of the 1996 Actf4Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 100(1)(a) and (b), 101A(d), 102(1) or 103 of the 1996 Act.£4,200£4,400
6Section 124(1) of the 1996 ActLimit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal.£60,600£63,000
7Paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 186(1) of the 1996 ActLimit on amount in respect of any one week payable to an employee in respect of a debt to which Part XII of the 1996 Act applies and which is referable to a period of time.£310£330
8Section 227(1) of the 1996 Actf5Maximum amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment or for various awards including the basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal.£310£330

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases, from 1st February 2008, the limits applying to certain awards of employment tribunals, and other amounts payable under employment legislation, as specified in the Schedule to the Order.

Under section 34 of the Employment Relations Act 1999, if the retail prices index for September of a year is higher (or lower) than the index for the previous September, the Secretary of State is required to change the limits, by Order, by the amounts of the increase (or decrease). The increases made by this Order reflect the increase in the index from September 2006 to September 2007.

The increases apply where the event giving rise to the entitlement to compensation or other payments occurred on or after 1st February 2008. Limits previously in force under the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3045) are preserved by article 4 of the Order in relation to cases where the relevant event was before that date.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.