244 Compensation Limits and Third Party Harassment

ERA Update Service: This Week’s Topics Employment tribunal compensation limits increase – The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2026 raises the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal from £118,223 to £123,543 and the weekly pay limit from £719 to £751, effective 6 April 2026 6 April 2026 changes countdown – Protective award doubling, day-one paternity and parental leave, SSP reform, sexual harassment as a qualifying disclosure, voluntary equality action plans, and Fair Work Agency launch on 7 April Consultation deadlines approaching – Fire and rehire, recognition code/e-balloting, and tipping (1 April); industrial action detriments (23 April); flexible working (30 April); agency work framework (1 May); collective redundancy threshold (21 May) Third-party harassment – Extract from our ERA Update Service session with Darren Newman on the practical impact of third-party harassment provisions Law firm articles: Mishcon de Reya — “The full treatment: employment law reform and its impact on the beauty and wellness sectors”: Lewis Silkin — “What’s in the Employment Rights Act?“: DLA Piper — “New harassment measures expand protections for employees”: 🎁 FREE STUFF Employment law updates – My YouTube channel - 💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES Employment Rights Act update service - Join the HR Inner Circle – HR Policies - Own-branded email updates for solicitors - 🌞 WHO AM I I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers . I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio . ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then. You should always Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 -

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