Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 comes into force
Implementation date: 6 February 2005
The Order increases the limits applying to
certain awards of employment tribunals and other amounts payable under employment
legislation. The limit on the amount of the compensatory award for unfair
dismissal increases from £55,000 to 56,800. The maximum amount of 'a week's
pay' for the purpose of calculating basic or additional award of compensation
for unfair dismissal or redundancy payment increases from £270 to £280. The Order can be viewed on the OPSI
website.
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