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Section 186: Limit on amount payable under section 182.

Employment Rights Act 1996 · 1996 c. 18View on legislation.gov.uk

Part XII: Insolvency of employers

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—

£719 in respect of any one week, or
in respect of a shorter period, an amount bearing the same proportion to £719 as that shorter period bears to a week.

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