All the vital HR statistics for personnel and employment law, including statutory rates for maternity and paternity leave, sick pay, redundancy pay, the national minimum wage and tribunal compensation limits

Employment statistics

CPI inflation 5.2%
RPI inflation 5.6%
Unemployment rate 8.1%

Legal statistics

Statutory pay (rates are reviewed each April)

Maternity/adoption pay:
- SMP/SAP is paid for 39 weeks
- Pay rate for first six weeks of SMP: 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings
- SMP/SAP remaining weeks: £128.73 or 90% of average earnings, whichever is less
- Qualifying conditions: related to earnings level, length of service, time limits for notification, and medical evidence of pregnancy/documentary evidence of matching for adoption


Ordinary Paternity/partner’s pay:
- SPP is paid for two weeks
- Pay rate: £128.73 (from April 2011) or 90% of average weekly earnings, whichever is less
- Qualifying conditions: related to earnings level, length of service, time limits for notification, and signed declaration of commitment

Additional statutory paternity/partner’s pay (for births/adoption matches on or after 3 April 2011)
– APP is paid for a maximum of 26 weeks
– Pay rate: £128.73 (from April 2011) or 90% of average weekly earnings whichever is less
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Qualifying conditions: related to length of service, time limits for notification, signed declaration of commitment, and mother/adopter having returned to work with leave remaining


Sick pay: £81.60 a week


Redundancy pay (new rates below from February 2011)
Pay rate:
- 0.5 week’s pay for each year of service for employees aged under 22 (a week’s pay is £400)
- 1 week’s pay for each year of service for employees between the ages of 22 and 40
- 1.5 weeks’ pay for each year of service for employees aged 41 and older


National minimum wage (Rates and banding came into effect from 1 October 2010)
Hourly pay rate:
- £6.08 for 21 years and older
- £4.98 for 18-20 years
- £3.68 for 16-17 years
- New apprentice rate: £2.50 aged 19 and under, or in first year

Tribunal compensation limits (new rates below from February 2011)
Limits on pay: 1 day £22.20, 1 week £400
Unfair dismissal: compensatory award £68,400
Breach of contract: maximum award £25,000


Useful links:
UK national statistics
HM Revenue & Customs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

These statistics are updated regularly and were correct as of 24 October 2011.

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