How much redundancy pay should I get?
Statutory redundancy pay calculator for England, Scotland and Wales. Free, and nothing leaves your browser.
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Your dates and pay
England, Scotland and Wales share one law and one weekly limit. Northern Ireland has its own, and we don't cover it here.
Your age in each year of service decides how many weeks' pay that year is worth.
The first day of unbroken work for this employer. If your job came across from another employer, or there was a break, ask HR which date they use.
Your last day of employment: the day your notice runs out, or the day you leave if you're paid instead of working your notice.
Use normal gross weekly pay, including guaranteed overtime and contractual bonus or commission. If pay varies, ask payroll for the 12-week figure under the redundancy rules. We turn a month into a week as x 12 / 52.
The day your employer gave you formal notice ending your employment, rather than the day consultation began. Leave it empty if you don't know it.
If HR counts your service from a different date, add it here and we'll show both figures side by side.
That's the same as the start date you entered.
Type each line as your letter shows it. Leave out any you don't have.
Some letters give one redundancy figure with the statutory part inside it. Switch this on and we'll check that the one figure covers the statutory amount.
How many weeks of pay the notice payment is for. Your letter may say it, or divide the payment by your weekly pay.
Your statutory redundancy pay
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How the redundancy pay calculator works
Being told your job is going is hard enough without having to decode the arithmetic on top. So we show every step we take with your dates, and you can check each one by hand.
We start from the date your job ends and count backwards, one complete year at a time. Part-years don't count. Only the last 20 years do, however long you've been there.
Each counted year is worth a set number of weeks' pay, depending on how old you were when it began. Under 22, it's half a week. From 22 to 40, a full week. From 41, a week and a half. That's why the same 14 years can be worth 14 weeks to one person and 21 to another.
Your weekly pay is your normal pay before tax. If you're paid monthly or yearly, we turn it into a weekly figure (multiplying a month by 12 and dividing by 52) and round it to the penny, so the number you see is the one we use. The law caps it. For a job ending between 6 April 2025 and 5 April 2026 the cap is £719 a week, and from 6 April 2026 it's £751. The date your job ends picks the cap, not today's date. Multiply the weeks by that weekly pay, round to the nearest penny, and that's your statutory redundancy pay.
Short notice can move the date that counts. If your employer gave you less than the legal minimum notice, or paid you in lieu of it, the law counts your service up to the day the minimum notice would have run out. The minimum is one week from a month's service up to 2 years, then a week for each complete year, and never more than 12 weeks. When that later date adds a year, lifts a year into a higher band, or takes you past 2 years, we show the second figure beside the first.
Two details here aren't settled, as far as we can tell from section 145 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and Acas's guidance on notice, both read on 8 October 2026. We start the minimum notice the day after the date you give us. Acas says that's when notice handed to you in person usually starts, but your contract can set a different start, and written notice only starts once you've had a reasonable chance to read it. And if the later date crosses 6 April into a new rule year, we keep the cap for the date your job ends. Near a service anniversary, either detail can change the figure, so ask HR which dates they used.
If you stay on, you may no longer be redundant. Turning down suitable work without good reason can also affect your statutory redundancy pay. Some jobs are outside the scheme altogether, among them the armed forces, Crown servants and apprentices who aren't employees when their training ends.
Some things we leave alone. Enhanced pay, notice pay and holiday pay depend on your contract, so we list them and don't judge them. We don't work out tax either. Northern Ireland has its own rules, and we haven't built them in.
The pay bands and limits come from the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the orders that set the caps. We show the working so you can follow the sum.
Who this is for
You've just been told your job is going, or you're holding a letter with a figure on it, and you want to check it before you sign anything. It's also for the office manager or small employer doing the same sum from the other side, before the letter goes out.
Employee questions about redundancy pay
How is statutory redundancy pay calculated?
It's a number of weeks' pay. Count back from the date your job ends, one complete year at a time, up to 20 years. Each year earns half a week's pay if you were under 22 when it began, one week if you were 22 to 40, and a week and a half if you were 41 or over. Add the weeks up and multiply by your weekly pay, up to the weekly cap.
How many weeks' redundancy pay do I get for 10 years' service?
It depends on your age in each of those years. If you're between 32 and 41 when the job ends, all ten fell between 22 and 40, so it's 10 weeks. At 45, four of them count at a week and a half, which makes 12. From 51, all ten do, which makes 15. Our redundancy pay table gives the common combinations.
What is the maximum statutory redundancy pay?
For a job ending between 6 April 2026 and 5 April 2027 it's £22,530. That's 30 weeks at the £751 weekly cap, and you only reach 30 weeks with 20 complete years, every one of them begun at 41 or over. For a job that ended between 6 April 2025 and 5 April 2026 the cap was £719, so the most was £21,570.
Is redundancy pay taxable?
GOV.UK is plain about the statutory part: statutory redundancy pay under £30,000 isn't taxable. A redundancy package usually holds more than that, though, and what you pay tax on depends on what's in it. We don't work out tax, but your payroll team can tell you how each line of your offer will be treated.
Is notice pay part of redundancy pay?
No, they're two separate payments. Notice pay covers your notice period, whether you work it or not. Redundancy pay is a lump sum for your years of service. Keep them on separate lines when you check a letter. There's one link between them: if you got less than the legal minimum notice, the date your service counts to can move later, and that can add a year.
Can I get redundancy pay with less than 2 years' service?
Not statutory redundancy pay. The law asks for 2 years' continuous employment, ending on the date that counts. Two things are worth checking before you accept that, though. If your notice was shorter than the legal minimum, the date that counts can move later and take you past 2 years. And your contract may give you redundancy pay of its own.
What is enhanced redundancy pay?
It's anything your employer pays on top of the statutory minimum, under your contract or a redundancy scheme. The rules are your employer's own, so we can't check it. An enhancement above the statutory figure isn't a mistake. Ask how it's worked out, and whether it already includes your statutory redundancy pay.
Is redundancy pay the same in Scotland and Wales?
Yes. England, Scotland and Wales share the same rules and the same weekly cap, and the order that sets the cap covers all three. Northern Ireland is different: it has its own law and its own cap. We don't cover it, but nidirect explains the rules there.
Which weekly pay counts if my pay changes from week to week?
If your hours and pay are regular, use your normal weekly pay before tax, including guaranteed overtime and contractual bonus or commission. If they vary, the law uses a 12-week calculation that depends on your hours, pay and the date used. Unpaid weeks may need replacing with earlier ones. Ask payroll for that weekly figure, especially if you're on family-related leave, when normal contractual pay counts instead of reduced leave pay.
Redundancy pay table: weeks' pay by age and years
Find your complete years on the left and your age when your job ends along the top. Multiply the weeks by your weekly pay, up to the cap, and you have your statutory redundancy pay.
| Complete years | Age 21 | Age 25 | Age 30 | Age 35 | Age 40 | Age 45 | Age 50 | Age 55 | 61 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 6 | - | 4.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | - | 5.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 10 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14.5 | 15 | 15 |
| 12 | - | - | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16.5 | 18 | 18 |
| 15 | - | - | - | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19.5 | 22 | 22.5 |
| 20 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 22 | 24.5 | 27 | 30 |
Age is your age on the day your job ends. If it ends the day before a birthday, use your new age. A dash means starting work before 16; our calculator works those out too.
The day-before-a-birthday rule is our reading of section 162 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, checked on 8 October 2026. If your job ends the day before a birthday, a calculation that goes by your whole age on your last day can come out lower, typically by half a week's pay. If HR's figure differs from ours on dates like that, ask which age they used.
Sources and last checked
- Weekly caps: The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2026 (SI 2026/310) and Order 2025 (SI 2025/348), on legislation.gov.uk. Last checked 7 October 2026. Data version rp-weekly-limit-2026-10-07.
- The rules: Employment Rights Act 1996, sections 86, 145, 155, 162, 211 and 227, on legislation.gov.uk. Last checked 7 October 2026.
- Guidance read alongside: GOV.UK "Redundancy: your rights", Acas "Redundancy pay" and Citizens Advice "Check how much redundancy pay you can get", read 7 October 2026.
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