Increase to employment rates and limits from April 2022
Changes to the following came into effect in April 2022:
Increased Statutory Payments
|
Payment |
New Rate |
With effect from |
|
Statutory Sick Pay |
£99.35 (up from £96.35) per week |
6 April 2022 |
|
Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay |
£156.66 (up from £151.97) per week* *SMP is 90% of normal earnings for first six weeks (in most cases) |
3 April 2022 |
|
Statutory Guarantee Pay |
£31 (up from £30) per day |
6 April 2022 |
National Minimum Wage increases
|
Age group/ category |
New Rate |
With effect from |
|
23 and over |
£9.50 (up from £8.91) |
1 April 2022 |
|
21 and 22 |
£9.18 (up from £8.36) |
1 April 2022 |
|
18 to 20 |
£6.83 (up from £6.56) |
1 April 2022 |
|
16 to 17 |
£4.81 (up from £4.62) |
1 April 2022 |
|
Apprentice rate |
£4.81 (up from £4.30) |
1 April 2022 |
Tribunal awards
|
Payment |
New Limit |
With effect from |
|
Limit on a week's pay for certain awards/ payments (e.g. statutory redundancy pay, unfair dismissal basic award) |
£571 (up from £544) |
6 April 2022 |
|
Max statutory redundancy / unfair dismissal basic award |
£17,130 |
6 April 2022 |
|
Max compensatory award for unfair dismissal |
£93,878 (up from £89,493)* *Or one year’s gross pay, if less. |
6 April 2022 |
Lee Whiting
27/04/2022
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