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Legislation
Employment Rights Act 1996

Part XII Insolvency of employers

  • Section 182 Employee’s rights on insolvency of employer.
  • Section 183 Insolvency.
  • Section 184 Debts to which Part applies.
  • Section 185 The appropriate date.
  • Section 186 Limit on amount payable under section 182.
  • Section 187 Role of relevant officer.
  • Section 188 Complaints to employment tribunals.
  • Section 189 Transfer to Secretary of State of rights and remedies.
  • Section 190 Power to obtain information.
  1. Part XII · Insolvency of employers
  2. Limit on amount payable under section 182.

Section 186 | Limit on amount payable under section 182.

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)The total amount payable to an employee in respect of any debt to which this Part applies, where the amount of the debt is referable to a period of time, shall not exceed—

(a)£751 in respect of any one week, orF1

(b)in respect of a shorter period, an amount bearing the same proportion to £751 as that shorter period bears to a week.F2

(2)RepealedF3

Notes

  1. F1

    Sum in s. 186(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/310), art. 1(2), Sch. (with art. 4)

  2. F2

    Sum in s. 186(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/310), art. 1(2), Sch. (with art. 4)

  3. F3

    S. 186(2) repealed (17.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 36(1)(3), 44, Sch. 9(10); S.I. 1999/3374, art. 2(b)(c), Sch.

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