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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-increase-of-limits-order-northern-ireland-2026/schedule",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2026/57",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-increase-of-limits-order-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "INCREASE OF LIMITS",
  "text": "Column 1\nRelevant statutory provision\nColumn 2\nSubject of provision\nColumn 3\nOld Limit\nColumn 4\nNew Limit\n1.\nArticle 40(6) of the 1995 Order\nMinimum amount of compensation where individual expelled from trade union in contravention of Article 38 of the 1995 Order and not re-admitted to the union by the date of application to the tribunal.\n£13,651\n£14,265\n2.\nArticle 23(1) of the 1996 Order\nMaximum amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment or various awards, including the basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal.\n£749\n£783\n3.\nArticle 63(1) of the 1996 Order\nLimit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day.\n£39\n£41\n4.\nArticle 77E(3) of the 1996 Order\nAmount of award for unlawful inducement relating to trade union membership or activities, or for unlawful inducement relating to collective bargaining.\n£6,019\n£6,290\n5.\nArticle 154(1) of the 1996 Order\nMinimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of Article 132(1)(a) and (b), 132A(1)(d) , 133(1), 134 or 136(1) of the 1996 Order.\n£9,102\n£9,512\n6.\nArticle 158(1) of the 1996 Order\nLimit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal.\n£118,455\n£123,785\n7.\nArticle 231(1)(a) and (b) of the 1996 Order\nLimit on amount in respect of any one week payable to an employee in respect of a debt to which Part XIV of the 1996 Order applies and which is referable to a period of time.\n£749\n£783",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. in operation at 6.4.2026, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "‘Old Limit’ refers to amounts specified in Column 4 of the Schedule to S.R. 2025 No. 63."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 132A(1)(d) was inserted by regulation 32(6) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 386) and amended by S.I. 2003/3049, Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/57/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:23:58.194566+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."
}