Redundancy
Redundancy pay calculator, from your real dates
Enter four dates and your weekly pay: the calculator finds the relevant date, counts each year of service at the right age and applies the cap in force on that day.
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Statutory redundancy pay is a number of weeks’ pay fixed by your age and your complete years of service on the relevant date: half a week for each year under 22, one week for each year from 22 to 40, one and a half weeks for each year at 41 or over, with only the last 20 years counted. A week’s pay is capped at £751 in Great Britain and £783 in Northern Ireland when the relevant date falls on or after 6 April 2026, which puts the maximum at £22,530 and £23,490. You need two complete years of continuous employment. The relevant date is the day your notice ends; if your employer pays you in lieu or gives less than the statutory notice, the date used for your service and age moves to the end of the statutory notice. That is why this calculator asks for the day notice was given as well as your last day.
Statutory redundancy pay
£11,520
18 weeks × £640
| Years at age 41 or over (× 1.5) | 6 → 9 weeks |
| Years at age 22 to 40 (× 1) | 9 → 9 weeks |
| Years under 22 (× 0.5) | 0 → 0 weeks |
| Complete years of service (20 counted at most) | 15 (15 counted) |
| Weekly cap in force on 24 December 2026 (GB) | £751 |
| Claim in writing no later than | 23 June 2027 |
Statutory notice owed: 12 weeks. Service and age are counted to 24 December 2026.
One more complete year would be reached on 4 September 2027.
Year-by-year count, from the relevant date backwards
| Year of employment | Age at its start | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 25 December 2025 to 24 December 2026 | 46 | 1.5 |
| 25 December 2024 to 24 December 2025 | 45 | 1.5 |
| 25 December 2023 to 24 December 2024 | 44 | 1.5 |
| 25 December 2022 to 24 December 2023 | 43 | 1.5 |
| 25 December 2021 to 24 December 2022 | 42 | 1.5 |
| 25 December 2020 to 24 December 2021 | 41 | 1.5 |
| 25 December 2019 to 24 December 2020 | 40 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2018 to 24 December 2019 | 39 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2017 to 24 December 2018 | 38 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2016 to 24 December 2017 | 37 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2015 to 24 December 2016 | 36 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2014 to 24 December 2015 | 35 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2013 to 24 December 2014 | 34 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2012 to 24 December 2013 | 33 | 1.0 |
| 25 December 2011 to 24 December 2012 | 32 | 1.0 |
Reading the result
The large figure is your statutory redundancy pay before any enhancement in your contract. Under it, the bars split the weeks between the three age bands, so you can see how much of the payment comes from years at 41 or over. The line “weekly cap in force” names the cap that applied on your real last day, £751 for a last day from 6 April 2026 in Great Britain, £719 for a last day in the 2025/26 year. The year-by-year table lists every counted year with its dates and your age on its first day: it is the check to make against your employer’s statement, which section 165 requires them to give you in writing.
With the example already filled in (born 14 May 1979, started 5 September 2011, notice given on 1 October 2026, last day 24 December 2026, £640 a week), the calculator counts 15 years and 18.0 weeks, which comes to £11,520. Change the last day to 1 October, as if the notice had been paid in lieu, and the service is still counted to the end of the 12 weeks of statutory notice.
What the calculator assumes
It applies the statutory scheme to an employee with continuous employment from the start date you give. Breaks that do not count, transfers of undertaking and periods abroad can change that start date: use the date your employer uses for continuous service, often printed on the written statement of particulars. It does not add contractual or enhanced redundancy pay; enter that separately in the final pay calculator, which also adds notice and holiday pay. To see the whole age × service grid at once, open the redundancy pay table.