Redundancy ​Pay Calculator

Statutory redundancy pay

The statutory redundancy pay cap is £643 per week from 6^th April 23 (previous rate was capped at £571 per week).

Statutory redundancy pay is based on age, weekly pay, and the number of continuous years of service with the employer. Where earnings vary; the weekly pay is the average of earnings per week over the 12 weeks before the day the employee’s redundancy notice. To qualify for statutory redundancy pay you must have 2 or more continuous years of service. 

Example:

Alice has been employed by her employer since 1 February 2015; she works full time and earns £700 per week.  She is to be made redundant on 31^st May 2021 at the age of 25. She has 6 years completed years of service at the termination date. 

Her statutory redundancy entitlement is:

4.5 weeks @ £544 (the cap in force from April 2021) = £2448

For each full year of service, the calculation is based on the following:

Up to age 22 = half a week’s pay

Age 22 to 40 = 1 weeks’ pay

Age 41 and older = 1.5 weeks’ pay

As Alice’s actual weekly earnings are above the statutory redundancy payment cap, the calculation is based on the cap payment in force at the time. 

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