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24th November 1978, Page 21
24th November 1978
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THE LIMIT on the statutory amount of guaranteed payment to workers on short time or temporary lay off under the Employment Protection Consolidation Act 1978 will be raised from £6.60 to £7.25 a day from February 1, 1979.
Also from this date the limits on the weekly amount covered by the insolventcy provisions of the Act for such things as arrears of pay or similar payments will be increased from £100 to £110.
The limits on the amount of a weeks pay used for calculating redundancy payments and some unfair dismissal awards will go up from £100 to £110.
It is also proposed that the limits on the compensatory award for unfair dismissal, sex and racial discrimination will go up from £5,200 to £5,750.