Statutory rates of pay are reviewed for April each year, and it is important that employers understand what rates have changed and ensure that they increase payments on time and in the next payment period after the increase takes effect.
Although the increase in statutory rates will be difficult for some employers, they will go some way to help those on low-incomes to cope with the recent rises in the cost of living. Increased statutory rates this year include the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, as well as other statutory payments.
National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW)
NMW and NLW from 1 April 2023:
£10.42 per hour NLW for workers aged 23 and over
£10.18 per hour NMW for workers aged 21 to 22
£7.49 per hour NMW for workers aged 18 to 20
£5.28 per hour NMW for workers aged 16 to 17
£5.28 per hour NMW for workers under 19 or over 19 for those in the first year of their apprenticeship
Family-friendly Statutory Pay Rates
Statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay from 2 April 2023:
£172.48 per week (previously £156.66)
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
SSP from 6 April 2023:
£109.40 per week (previously £99.35)
The LEL remains unchanged at £123 per week.
Statutory Guarantee Pay (SGP)
SGP (the payment made to an employee where they are laid off) from 6 April 2023:
£35 per day on any day an employee is laid off to a maximum of a normal working week, every 13 weeks
Redundancy Award Limits
Maximum amount of weekly pay for the purpose of calculating redundancy pay from 6 April 2023:
£643 per week (previously ££571)
Maximum basic award for statutory redundancy pay from 6 April 2023:
£19,290 (previously £17,130)
Employment Tribunal Award Limits
Maximum amount of weekly pay for the purpose of calculating compensation for unfair dismissal from 6 April 2023:
£643 per week (previously ££571)
Maximum basic award for unfair dismissal from 6 April 2023:
£19,290 (previously £17,130)
Maximum compensation award for unfair dismissal from 6 April 2023:
£105,707 (previously £93,878) or 52 times weekly pay, whichever is the lower
Pension Allowances
Pensions annual tax-free allowance from 6 April 2023:
£60,000 per annum (previously £40,000)
Money purchase annual allowance from 6 April 2023:
£10,000 per annum (previously £4,000)
The lifetime allowance charge has been removed.
State Pension Rates
Single-tier pension rate is from 10 April 2023:
£203.85 per week (previously £156.20)
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