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PART XIN.I.UNFAIR DISMISSAL

CHAPTER IIN.I.REMEDIES FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL

CompensationN.I.

Basic award: minimum in certain casesN.I.

154.—(1) The amount of the basic award (before any reduction under Article 156) shall not be less than [F1£5,300 ] 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.]

Para. (2) rep. by 1999 NI 9