Confused about the current rates and limits on the following awards and payments for 2022:
- NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE/LIVING WAGE
- COMPENSATION LIMITS
- FAMILY FRIENDLY LEAVE
- SICK PAY
Then worry no more we've got you covered.
The current rates are as follows*
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE/LIVING WAGE
| Category of Worker |
From 1st April 2022 |
| Aged 23 and over (NLW) |
£9.50 per hour |
| Aged 21-22 |
£9.18 per hour |
| Aged 18-20 |
£6.83 per hour |
| Aged 16-17 |
£4.81 per hour |
| Apprentice |
£4.81 per hour |
| Accommodation Offset |
£8.70 per day |
COMPENSATION LIMITS
| Complaint |
From 6 April 2022 - Maximum Award |
Unfair Dismissal
- Basic Award
- Compensatory Award |
£17,130
£93,878 |
A week's pay (for calculating unfair dismissal
basic award and redundancy payment) |
£571 |
| Statutory Redundancy Pay |
£17,130 |
FAMILY FRIENDLY LEAVE
| Leave |
From 3rd April 2022 |
Maximum Period |
| Statutory maternity pay (higher rate) (SMP) |
90% of normal earnings |
6 weeks |
| rate) (Statutory maternity pay (basic rate) (SMP) |
£156.66 per week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower |
33 weeks |
| Statutory paternity pay (SPP) |
£156.66 per week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower |
2 weeks |
| Statutory Adoption Pay (higher rate) (SAP) |
90% of normal weekly earnings |
6 weeks |
| Statutory Adoption Pay (basic rate) (SAP) |
£156.66 per week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower |
33 weeks |
| Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) |
£156.66 per week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower |
39 weeks less any time taken by the mother or adopter |
| Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay |
£156.66 per week or 90% of normal weekly earnings if lower |
2 weeks |
STATUTORY SICK PAY
From 6 April 2022 (SSP) - £99.35
