We sent out a Law-Now last week with details of the increase in a week's pay for statutory redundancy from £350 to £380. BERR has indicated that this increase will be effective from 1 October 2009. It remains to be seen whether the weekly increase will apply to other employment related payments where these are calculated with reference to a week's pay, for example the basic award calculation in unfair dismissal claims.
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The original publication date for this article was 27/04/2009.