Updated with information on the Government response to the consultation on strengthening remedies against abuse of rules on collective redundancy and fire and rehire.
The government has confirmed it will table an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to double the maximum protective award from 90 to 180 days' pay where an employer fails to comply with collective redundancy obligations, for example, in fire and rehire situations.
An amendment paper on the Employment Rights Bill has been published by the House of Commons, including a new clause extending the limitation for bringing a tribunal claim from three months to six.
The Ministry of Justice's tribunals statistics set out the amount of compensation awarded for age discrimination, disability discrimination, religion or belief discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination, race discrimination, sex discrimination and unfair dismissal in 2023/2024.