The Government has announced in the 2022 Budget that the National Living Wage will increase to £9.50 from April 2022. Ministers have accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation for a 6.6% increase from £8.91, which applies to workers aged 23 and over. Writes HR Scotland.

Find all the information about the Statutory Employment Increases in the table below:

Statutory Employment Increases - Current Rates from 1^st April 2022

• SSP* £99.35 per week (3 waiting days, SSP on day 4).
• Family Leave Rates* £156.66 per week.
• (or 90% of average weekly earnings, whichever is lower)
• Redundancy Weekly cap payment is £571.00.
• Maximum statutory redundancy payment cap is £17,130.
• Tribunal Awards Limit on a week’s pay to increase to £571.00.
• Maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal to increase to £93,878.
• Minimum basic award for unfair dismissal to increase to £6,959.00.

*Employers who have employees on sickness absence or maternity leave etc., in the run-up 

to April 2022, must remember to factor in the increases for these employees where there 

absence continues past the rate change date, as well as employees who go on sick leave, 

maternity leave etc after the new rates are in place.

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