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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