{"slug":"uk-statutory-redundancy-pay","name":"UK Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator","category":"earn","tags":["income","employment","planning"],"region":"GB","tagline":"Your statutory redundancy pay under ERA 1996 — the age-banded week multiplier, the £751 weekly cap, and the £22,530 maximum, all on current limits.","endpoint":"https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/uk-statutory-redundancy-pay","page":"https://xearno.tools/t/uk-statutory-redundancy-pay","description":"Computes UK statutory redundancy pay: up to 20 complete years of service, counted backward from the dismissal date, each worth 1.5 / 1.0 / 0.5 weeks’ pay by your age during that year, with weekly pay capped (£751 in Great Britain from 6 April 2026) and a maximum total of £22,530. The cap re-uprates every April (£700 → £719 → £751), so general AI routinely quotes a stale cap — and the backward age-band walk (boundary years fall to the lower band, only the most recent 20 years count) is exactly the table lookup it gets subtly wrong. Northern Ireland’s separate, higher limits are included.","inputSchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"age":{"description":"Your age at the dismissal (relevant) date The multiplier depends on your age DURING each backward-counted year of service, not just today’s age — this is the table walk general AI botches. Use your age on the date your employment ends.","type":"number","minimum":16,"maximum":100,"default":45},"serviceYears":{"description":"Complete years of continuous service Only FULL years count — 9 years 11 months is 9. Under 2 years there is no statutory entitlement; over 20 only the most recent 20 count.","type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":60,"default":10},"weeklyPay":{"description":"Gross weekly pay (£) Before tax. If your pay varies, use the average over the 12 weeks before your notice day. Capped at £751 — high earners all get the same statutory figure.","type":"number","minimum":0,"default":600},"dismissalDate":{"description":"When does (did) your employment end? Picks the statutory limits: £751 weekly / £22,530 max from 6 April 2026, £719 / £21,570 before. The limits re-uprate every April.","type":"string","enum":["on-after-6-apr-2026","before-6-apr-2026"],"default":"on-after-6-apr-2026"},"nation":{"description":"Where do you work? Northern Ireland sets its own limits — currently HIGHER than Great Britain’s: £783 weekly, £23,490 maximum.","type":"string","enum":["gb","ni"],"default":"gb"}},"required":[],"additionalProperties":false},"methodology":["The multiplier (ERA 1996 s.162): count up to 20 complete years of continuous service, reckoning BACKWARD from the relevant (dismissal) date. Each backward year earns 1.5 weeks’ pay if the employee was aged 41 or over throughout it, 1.0 week if aged 22–40, and 0.5 weeks below 22. A year straddling the 22nd or 41st birthday falls to the LOWER band — the statutory wording requires the employee to be \"not below\" the band age for the whole year. Maximum multiplier: 30 weeks (20 years × 1.5).","This model uses whole ages: for backward year i, age-at-year-start = floor(age − i). The statutory test uses your exact age during each year, so a birthday mid-year can shift one year between bands; the gov.uk calculator asks the same integer inputs and shares this simplification.","Limits: weekly pay is capped and the total is capped. Great Britain from 6 April 2026: £751/week, £22,530 maximum (SI 2026/310, the annual uprating order). Dismissals before 6 April 2026: £719 / £21,570. The caps re-uprate every April — always check the year that matches your dismissal date.","Northern Ireland has its own employment law and sets separate, currently higher limits: £783/week and £23,490 maximum. The NI figures’ effective date is secondary-sourced (NI upratings are published separately by the Department for the Economy) — verify against the current NI order if your dismissal is close to an April boundary.","Eligibility: you must be an employee with at least 2 complete years of continuous service and be dismissed by reason of redundancy. Below 2 years the statutory entitlement is exactly £0. Weekly pay is gross pay before tax; if pay varies, average the 12 weeks before the day notice was given.","Tax: statutory redundancy pay is tax-free. It counts toward the £30,000 termination-payment exemption, which matters only if the employer pays more on top (ex-gratia / enhanced redundancy) — the combined total above £30,000 is taxable.","Scope: this is the statutory MINIMUM. Many employers pay enhanced (contractual) redundancy above it. Statutory notice pay (1 week per year of service, capped at 12 weeks) and accrued holiday pay are separate entitlements, not part of this figure. Claims must be made within 6 months of the employment ending."],"usage":"POST https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/uk-statutory-redundancy-pay with a JSON body matching inputSchema."}