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
135 AprilJanuary 20232024 — 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 135 AprilJanuary 20232024 + show all updates

  1. Change in rate of National Insurance announced in autumn statement from 12% on payments above the primary threshold to 10%.Effective on taxable payments calculated by RPS on or after 6 Jan 2024.

  2. Update to RPS statutory award limit for 2023 to 2024 (increase to £643).

  3. Section 3: Rates updated for National Insurance deductions.

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

  5. Added in a paragraph regarding the 20 employee rule

  6. changed cap payment amount