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154.—(1) The amount of the basic award (before any reduction under Article 156) shall not be less than [F1£8,139] where the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason)—
(a)in a redundancy case, for selecting the employee for dismissal, or
(b)otherwise, for the dismissal,
is one of those specified in Article 132(1)(a) and (b),[F2 132A(d),] 133(1), 134 or 136(1).
[F3(1A) Where—
(a) an employee is regarded as unfairly dismissed by virtue of Article F4 . . . 130A(1) (whether or not his dismissal is unfair or regarded as unfair for any other reason),
(b)an award of compensation falls to be made under Article 146(4), and
(c)the amount of the award under Article 152(1)(a), before any reduction under Article 156(3A) or (4), is less than the amount of four weeks' pay,
the industrial tribunal shall, subject to paragraph (1B), increase the award under Article 152(1)(a) to the amount of four weeks' pay.
(1B) An industrial tribunal shall not be required by paragraph (1A) to increase the amount of an award if it considers that the increase would result in injustice to the employer.]
[F5(1C) Where an employee is regarded as unfairly dismissed by virtue of Article 135F (blacklists) (whether or not the dismissal is unfair or regarded as unfair for any other reason), the amount of the basic award of compensation (before any reduction is made under Article 156) shall not be less than £5,700.]
Para. (2) rep. by 1999 NI 9
F1Sum in art. 154(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/36), art. 1(1), Sch.
F2SR 1998/386
F4Words in art. 154(1A)(a) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/168), reg. 3(7) (with regs. 4, 5, 7)
F5Art. 154(1C) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/88), regs. 1, 12(6)
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