UK Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator for Employees
Your legal minimum redundancy payment, worked out year by year.
How it adds up
Year by year
Offer and tax
Notice pay (including pay in lieu), holiday pay, wages and bonuses are not part of the £30,000: tax and National Insurance are due on them in full.
How this was calculated
Weekly pay limits
| Tax year | Great Britain | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | £751max £22,530 | £783max £23,490 |
| 2025-26 | £719max £21,570 | £749max £22,470 |
| 2024-25 | £700max £21,000 | £729max £21,870 |
| 2023-24 | £643max £19,290 | £669max £20,070 |
| 2022-23 | £571max £17,130 | £594max £17,820 |
Use the tax year your job ends in (6 April to 5 April) or, with notice paid in lieu, the one your statutory notice would have ended in. Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales. The limits rise each April.
Rules and official sources
Estimate — not legal advice. Acas gives free, confidential advice on redundancy.
For general information only, not legal advice. Templates are generic starting points — have a qualified lawyer review anything you rely on.
About the UK Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator for Employees
Statutory redundancy pay is the minimum an employer in the UK must pay an employee who is made redundant after 2 years or more of continuous service. It depends on three things: your age, your full years of service (at most the last 20) and your weekly pay, which is capped at £751 a week (£783 in Northern Ireland). Counting back from the day your job ends, each full year earns half a week’s pay if you were under 22 for all of it, one week’s pay from 22 to 40 and one and a half weeks’ pay from 41.
Enter your age and years like GOV.UK’s own calculator, or switch to exact dates: then every year is counted from your date of birth, and the notice you were paid for but did not work is added to your service. The result shows the weeks for each age band, a year-by-year table, your statutory notice, how an employer’s offer compares and how much of the payment is tax free.
How to use it
- Choose where you work: England, Scotland or Wales, or Northern Ireland (it sets its own weekly pay limit).
- Enter the date your job ends: it decides which weekly pay limit applies.
- Enter your age on that date and your full years with the employer (3 years and 9 months count as 3) — or choose Exact dates and enter your date of birth and start date, and tick the box if you were paid in lieu of notice.
- Enter your pay before tax for a normal week, month or year. If it varies, use the average over the 12 weeks before you got your redundancy notice.
- Read the statutory amount and the steps. Add the payment your employer offers to compare it and to see the tax-free part; copy the summary or download the year-by-year table as CSV.
Examples
England · age 45 · 15 full years · £600 a week
4 years at 41 and over × 1.5 = 6 weeks 11 years at 22 to 40 × 1 = 11 weeks 17 weeks × £600 = £10,200
Northern Ireland · age 30 · 10 full years · £450 a week
8 years at 22 to 40 × 1 = 8 weeks 2 years under 22 × 0.5 = 1 week 9 weeks × £450 = £4,050
England · age 61 · 25 full years · £1,000 a week
Only the last 20 years count, all at 41 and over: 20 × 1.5 = 30 weeks 30 weeks × £751 (the weekly limit) = £22,530
8 years and 11 months of service · 8 weeks’ statutory notice paid in lieu
Service runs to the end of the 8 weeks’ notice: 9 years and 1 month, so 9 full years count
The rules
- Who qualifies: employees with at least 2 years’ continuous service with the employer. Being dismissed for misconduct is not redundancy, and you can lose the payment if you unreasonably turn down suitable alternative work.
- How much: half a week’s pay for each full year you were under 22, one week’s pay for each full year from 22 to 40, and one and a half weeks’ pay for each full year from 41.
- Limits: at most 20 years count — the most recent ones — and a week’s pay is capped at £751 (£783 in Northern Ireland), so the most anyone gets is £22,530 (£23,490 in Northern Ireland).
- Counting: the years are counted back from the end of your employment, and a year earns the higher rate only if you were that age for the whole of it.
Sources: GOV.UK: statutory redundancy pay, Acas: redundancy pay, nidirect: redundancy pay.
What counts as a week’s pay
Your gross pay (before tax and National Insurance) for a normal working week. It includes guaranteed overtime agreed in your contract and contractual bonuses or commission. If your pay varies, it is based on your average over the 12 weeks before your redundancy notice; if you are on family leave, it is your normal contractual pay, not your leave pay. A monthly salary becomes a week’s pay as monthly pay × 12 ÷ 52, and a yearly salary ÷ 52. Acas: redundancy pay.
Notice, pay in lieu and the extra service
The statutory minimum notice is one week if you have worked for between a month and 2 years, one week for each full year from 2 to 12 years, and 12 weeks after 12 years; your contract can give more. Notice pay is separate from redundancy pay.
If your employer ends your job without letting you work your statutory notice — for example with pay in lieu — your service is counted to the day that notice would have ended. That can add a year: 8 years and 11 months plus 8 weeks’ notice is 9 full years. That day also sets the weekly pay limit: GOV.UK’s calculator asks for the original redundancy date even when notice is paid in lieu. Tick Notice paid in lieu or not given in Exact dates mode to apply it. GOV.UK: notice periods · Acas.
Tax and National Insurance
Statutory redundancy pay under £30,000 is not taxable. The first £30,000 of statutory redundancy pay, enhanced or ex gratia redundancy pay and non-cash benefits you keep (a company car or laptop, for example) is tax free in total; anything above it is taxed, and the employer pays Class 1A National Insurance on it (15%). Notice pay — including pay in lieu of notice — holiday pay, unpaid wages and bonuses are earnings: tax and National Insurance are due on them in full. If you did not work your notice, part of an enhanced payment can count as post-employment notice pay (PENP) and be taxed in full too; your employer works it out. GOV.UK: tax on termination payments · GOV.UK: rates and thresholds for employers.
Other countries
In Australia, the Australia Redundancy Pay Calculator works out the National Employment Standards minimum. Working in the Gulf? The Gulf End-of-Service Gratuity Calculator applies the UAE, Saudi, Qatari, Omani, Bahraini and Kuwaiti labour laws. In India, the Gratuity Calculator works out gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act.
Limitations
- Statutory redundancy pay only. A contractual or enhanced scheme can pay more; enter its offer to compare.
- The service you enter is treated as continuous. Breaks in employment, a transfer between employers and an earlier redundancy payment can affect what counts — check with Acas.
- Not covered by statutory redundancy pay: workers who are not employees, the armed forces, police, Crown servants, share fishermen, former registered dock workers, apprentices who are not employees at the end of their training and domestic servants in the employer’s immediate family.
- For pay that varies, enter your 12-week average yourself. Pay in lieu is applied for notice that was not worked at all; for notice partly worked, ask Acas how your relevant date is set.
- An estimate for information, not legal advice. Acas gives free, confidential advice, and employment tribunals decide disputes.
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Frequently asked questions
How much redundancy pay will I get after 2 years?
Two weeks’ pay if you were 22 to 40 for both years, three weeks’ pay if you were 41 or over for both, and one week’s pay if you were under 22. On £500 a week that is £1,000, £1,500 or £500.
What is the maximum statutory redundancy pay?
£22,530: 20 years × 1.5 weeks × the £751 weekly limit. In Northern Ireland the weekly limit is £783, so the maximum is £23,490.
Is redundancy pay taxed?
Statutory redundancy pay under £30,000 is tax free. The £30,000 covers statutory and enhanced redundancy pay and non-cash benefits together; the part above it is taxed. Notice pay and holiday pay are always taxed as earnings.
Does my notice period count towards my years of service?
If you work your notice, your service ends on your last day. If your employer pays you in lieu or does not give you your statutory notice, your service is counted to the day the statutory notice would have ended — which can add a full year.
Is the weekly pay cap the same in Northern Ireland?
No. The age bands and the 20-year limit are the same, but Northern Ireland sets its own weekly limit: £783, against £751 in England, Scotland and Wales.
How long do I have to claim statutory redundancy pay?
Ask your employer for it in writing. GOV.UK gives you 6 months from the date your job ends to apply for statutory redundancy pay; if your employer still does not pay, an employment tribunal can order it, and you must contact Acas before you make a tribunal claim.