LegalizeThe Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008
Made: 6th February 2008
Coming into operation: 2nd March 2008
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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Revocation
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Increase of limits
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Transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE — TABLE OF INCREASE OF LIMITS
| Column 1 Relevant statutory provision | Column 2 Subject of provision | Column 3 Old Limit | Column 4 New Limit | |
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| 1. | Article 40(6) of the 1995 Order | Minimum amount of compensation awarded by the industrial tribunal where individual expelled from union in contravention of Article 38 of the 1995 Order and where, when the application is made, the applicant has not been re-admitted to the union. | £6,600 | £6,900 |
| 2. | Article 23(1) of the 1996 Order | Maximum amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment or for various awards including the basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal. | £310 | £330 |
| 3. | Article 63(1) of the 1996 Order | Limit on amount of guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day. | £19.60 | £20.40 |
| 4. | Article 154(1) of the 1996 Order | Minimum amount of basic award of compensation where dismissal is unfair by virtue of Article 132(1)(a) and (b), 132A(d)[^f00022], 133(1), 134 or 136(1) of the 1996 Order. | £4,200 | £4,400 |
| 5. | Article 158(1) of the 1996 Order | Limit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal. | £60,600 | £63,000 |
| 6. | Article 231(1) of the 1996 Order | Limit on amount in respect of any one week payable to an employee in respect of debt to which Part XIV of the 1996 Order applies and which is referable to a period of time. | £310 | £330 |
| 7. | Article 77E(3) of the 1996 Order[^f00023] | Amount of award for unlawful inducement relating to union membership or activities, or for unlawful inducement relating to collective bargaining. | £2,700 | £2,900 |
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 6th February 2008.
Sir Reg Empey — Minister for Employment and Learning
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; see the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 c. 15
[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)
[^f00003]: The Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481) transferred functions under the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, now renamed the Department for Employment and Learning
[^f00004]: S.I. 1995/1980 (N.I. 12)
[^f00005]: S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16)
[^f00006]: S.R. 2007 No. 22
[^f00007]: Article 34(1) was amended by Articles 23(1) and 158(1) of the 1996 Order
[^f00008]: Article 44C was inserted by Article 7 of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
[^f00009]: Schedule 1A was inserted by Articles 3(1) and (3) and Schedule 1 to the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
[^f00010]: 1998 c. 39
[^f00011]: Article 77E was inserted by Article 14 of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19))
[^f00012]: Articles 77A and 77B were inserted by Article 14 of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
[^f00013]: Article 112I was inserted by Article 15(2) of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))
[^f00014]: Article 146(4) was amended by the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2902 (N.I.15)), Article 35 and Schedule 5, paragraph 2(6). Article 146(5) was inserted by Article 23(3) of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 and amended by the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 261), Schedule 7, paragraph 3(7)
[^f00015]: Article 129 was amended by the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 298), Schedule 2, paragraph 2(8)
[^f00016]: Article 151(3) was amended by Article 32(2) of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
[^f00017]: Article 180 was amended by the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Schedule 2, paragraph 2(14)
[^f00018]: Article 13(1) was amended by Article 18(2) of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
[^f00019]: S.R. 2003 No. 173
[^f00020]: S.I. 2003/2902 (N.I. 15)
[^f00021]: S.R. 2006 No. 261
[^f00022]: Article 132A(d) was inserted by regulation 32(6) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 386)
[^f00023]: Article 77E(3) was inserted by Article 14 of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
Editorial notes
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