Redundancy
Redundancy pay table: the statutory ready reckoner
Find your age on the day your job ends and your complete years of service: the cell gives the number of weeks’ pay the law guarantees.
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The redundancy pay table, often called the ready reckoner, turns two whole numbers into a number of weeks: your age on the relevant date and the complete years you have worked for the employer, from 2 to 20. Each year of service is valued by the age you were during it, half a week below 22, one week from 22 to 40 and one and a half weeks from 41, and the table adds those values up for you. Multiply the cell by your gross weekly pay, capped at £751 in Great Britain or £783 in Northern Ireland for a relevant date from 6 April 2026, and you have the statutory minimum. A 46-year-old with 12 years’ service reads 14.5 weeks; a 23-year-old with 6 years reads 3.5. No cell exceeds 30 weeks, which is why the ceiling is £22,530. Under two complete years the table is empty, because nothing is owed by law.
Statutory redundancy pay
£13,300
19.0 weeks of pay at £700.00
| Weeks from the age × service table | 19.0 |
| Years counted | 16 |
| Weekly pay used | £700.00 |
The table counts each year back from your age on the relevant date, one year younger each time, as the official ready reckoner does. For exact dates (birthday close to the start of a year of service, notice not given in full) use the full calculator.
How to read the grid
Pick the row for your age on the relevant date, then the column for your complete years of continuous service. Part years are ignored: eleven years and ten months reads as 11. Service beyond 20 years reads as 20, since only the most recent 20 years are counted (section 162(3)). The figure in the cell is a number of weeks, not pounds.
Two readings as examples. At 46 with 12 years, the row gives 14.5 weeks: the last 5 years were at 41 or over and earn one and a half weeks each, the earlier ones one week each. At 23 with 6 years and pay of £430 a week, the cell reads 3.5 weeks, so the payment is £1,505.
Weeks of pay: 2 to 10 years of service
| Age | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| 19 | 1.0 | 1.5 | |||||||
| 20 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | ||||||
| 21 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |||||
| 22 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | ||||
| 23 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |||
| 24 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | ||
| 25 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | |
| 26 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| 27 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| 28 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| 29 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| 30 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 |
| 31 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 |
| 32 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 33 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 34 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 35 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 36 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 37 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 38 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 39 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 40 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 41 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| 42 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| 43 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 |
| 44 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 45 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 |
| 46 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| 47 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 |
| 48 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| 49 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 |
| 50 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 |
| 51 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 52 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 53 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 54 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 55 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 56 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 57 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 58 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 59 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 60 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 61 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 62 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 63 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| 64 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
Weeks of pay: 11 to 20 years of service
| Age | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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| 27 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| 28 | 8.5 | 9.0 | ||||||||
| 29 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | |||||||
| 30 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | ||||||
| 31 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | |||||
| 32 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | ||||
| 33 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | |||
| 34 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | ||
| 35 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | |
| 36 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 |
| 37 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 |
| 38 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 |
| 39 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 |
| 40 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 |
| 41 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 |
| 42 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 |
| 43 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 |
| 44 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 |
| 45 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 |
| 46 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 |
| 47 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 |
| 48 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 |
| 49 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 |
| 50 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 |
| 51 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 |
| 52 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 |
| 53 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 |
| 54 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 26.5 |
| 55 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 |
| 56 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 27.5 |
| 57 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 |
| 58 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 28.5 |
| 59 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 |
| 60 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 29.5 |
| 61 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 |
| 62 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 |
| 63 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 |
| 64 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 30.0 |
From weeks to pounds
Multiply the weeks by a week’s pay before tax. For a fixed salary that is the contractual weekly amount; for pay that moves with hours or commission it is a 12-week average (variable pay explained). The multiplier cannot exceed £751 in England, Wales and Scotland, or £783 in Northern Ireland, when the relevant date is on or after 6 April 2026. Someone earning £1,100 a week with 14.5 weeks therefore gets £10,890, not £15,950. Earlier caps and the date that decides between them are on the redundancy pay cap page.
When the grid is not precise enough
The grid is a shortcut built on whole ages. It assumes that when each year of service began you were one year younger than when it ended. That is true unless your birthday falls on the first day of a service year, which is the day after the anniversary of your relevant date. A year that began on your 22nd birthday then earns one week rather than half, and a year that began on your 41st earns one and a half rather than one. A payment in lieu of notice can also push the relevant date forward and add a year the grid would miss. For those cases enter your real dates in the redundancy pay calculator, which lists every year with your age on its first day; the relevant date guide explains which day to count from.