Guidance

Explaining your Protective Award

A Protective Award is compensation awarded by an employment tribunal because your employer did not consult with you before you were made redundant.

From:
The Insolvency Service
Published
30 August 2019
Last updated
6 April 2022 — See all updates

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Explaining your Protective Award

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If your former employer is insolvent, the Insolvency Service will pay the Protective Award. The attached publication gives more information about the process of getting your Protective Award.

Published 30 August 2019
Last updated 6 April 2022 + show all updates

  1. Update to show the increase in the weekly pay limit on 6 April 2022

  2. Added in a paragraph regarding the 20 employee rule

  3. changed cap payment amount

  4. First published.