Employment statistics are updated regularly. This information can also be found on the following website:- www.hmrc.gov.uk

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 remaining weeks/SAP: £124.88 (from April 2010) or 90% of average weekly 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

Paternity/partner’s pay:

• SPP is paid for two weeks
• Pay rate: £124.88 (from April 2010) 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
• Sick pay: £79.15 a week
• Redundancy pay (next review February 2011)

Pay rate:

• 0.5 week’s pay for each year of service for employees aged under 22 (a week’s pay is £380)
• 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 (Figures in brackets show new rates and banding from 1 October 2010)

Hourly pay rate: 

• £5.80 for workers aged 22 and older (£5.93 for 21 years and older) *NOTE CHANGE OF AGE*
• £4.83 for workers aged 18 to 21 (£4.92 for 18 – 20 years) *NOTE CHANGE OF AGE*
• £3.57 for workers aged 16 to 17 (£3.64 for 16 – 17 years)

(New apprentice rate: £2.50 aged 19 and under, or in first year)

Tribunal compensation limits (next review February 2011)
Limits on pay: 1 day £21.20, 1 week £380
Unfair dismissal: Compensatory award £65,300
Breach of contract: Maximum award £25,000
The above statistics are updated regularly at www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/indicator