Member

The Government’s intention is to ensure that it is more difficult for a small and unscrupulous minority of employers to ignore their collective redundancy obligations, as we have seen in recent years. New clause 34 will therefore double the protective award an employment tribunal can make from 90 to 180 days. We consulted on this and other matters from October to December 2024, and after listening carefully to a range of responses from businesses and employee representatives, we have concluded that the maximum period of the protective award an employment tribunal can make should be raised from 90 to 180 days. This is on top of changes that the Government have already made. From 20 January this year, employment tribunals have had the ability to uplift the protective award by up to 25% where an employer unreasonably failed to follow the code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement.