{"id":4010,"date":"2023-09-05T06:32:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T06:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplylaw.waydevelopers.com\/england-wales\/employment-tribunal-update-april-2016\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T12:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:22:23","slug":"employment-tribunal-update-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simply.law\/england-wales\/blog\/employment-tribunal-update-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Tribunal Update \u2013 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Increase of limits on tribunal compensatory awards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Increased compensation limits will apply to cases where the effective date of termination is on or after 6 April 2016.\u00a0 In particular, the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal has increased to\u00a0 \u00a378,962, and the maximum limit on a week\u2019s pay \u00a3for the purposes of calculating the basic award has increased to \u00a3479. \u00a0Note that the increase in the limit on a week\u2019s pay also applies to the calculation of statutory redundancy payments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2016\/288\/contents\/made<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Postponements for employment tribunal cases brought after 5 April 2016<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

As anyone who has had experience of the employment tribunal system is aware, there may be circumstances where one of the parties needs to request a postponement, perhaps because a witness is unavailable or there is a problem with the preparation of the case.\u00a0 As a result of a change to the legislation (the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2016), for claims issued on or after 6 April 2016 the number of postponements which can be granted will be restricted to two for each party, and postponements will not usually be granted where a request is made less than seven days prior to the hearing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2016\/271\/contents\/made<\/span><\/p>\n

ET publishes quarterly statistics for October to December 2015<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Justice has published its quarterly report for the Employment Tribunal for the period October to December 2015, setting out a summary of claims and performance levels across a range of operational areas.\u00a0 Key findings of the report include:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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