Maternity pay goes up, unfair dismissal award goes down

The maximum tribunal award for unfair dismissal will go down from £66,200 to £65,300 from 1 February 2009, reflecting a decrease of 1.4 per cent in the retail prices index in the year to September 2009. The statutory limit on weekly pay, used to calculate statutory redundancy pay and the basic award for unfair dismissal, was increased from £350 to £380 in October 2009 and will remain at that figure until February 2011 at the earliest.