UK Redundancy Pay Calculator 2026/27

Last Updated: 7 November 2026

Use this free UK redundancy calculator, with no sign-up. Enter your age, years of service and weekly pay to see your statutory redundancy pay, the tax on any extra and your notice pay. The weekly cap is £751 in Great Britain and £783 in Northern Ireland from 6 April 2026.

Quick answer: The UK redundancy calculator gives statutory redundancy pay of up to 30 weeks of pay, with weekly pay capped at £751 in Great Britain (£783 in Northern Ireland) for redundancies from 6 April 2026, so the most statutory pay is £22,530 (£23,490 in Northern Ireland). Each full year of service pays half a week under 22, one week from 22 and one and a half weeks from 41, for up to 20 years, once you have 2 years. Redundancy pay up to £30,000 is not taxed (gov.uk).

Where you work

Northern Ireland has a higher cap

Date you were made redundant

Weekly cap £751, most £22,530

Your age on that date

yrs

Required, 16 to 90

Full years of service

yrs

Required. Full years only; 2 or more for statutory pay

Pay figure you will enter

Gross, before tax and deductions

Gross weekly pay (£)

Required. Average of the 12 weeks before your notice

Extra redundancy pay (£)

Optional. The part above the statutory amount

Income Tax rate above £30,000

Estimate. Scottish rates differ

Statutory Redundancy Pay

£0

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Weeks of Pay

Weekly Pay Used

£0

Years Counted

Tax on your redundancy payment

Tax-Free (up to £30,000)

£0

Above £30,000

£0

Estimated Tax On It

£0

Statutory notice

Notice (minimum)

Weekly Pay, No Cap

£0

Notice Pay

£0

Statutory pay only. Your contract or your employer's scheme may pay more. The £30,000 limit covers all payments connected with your job ending. Notice pay is taxed as pay and is not part of it.

📐 UK Redundancy Pay Formula

Statutory Pay = Weeks of Pay × Weekly Pay (up to the cap)
Weeks of Pay = ½ week per year under 22, 1 week per year from 22 to 40, 1½ weeks per year from 41
Only the last 20 years count, and only with 2 full years of service
Notice Pay = Statutory Notice Weeks × Your Weekly Pay (no cap)

½ wkEach year you started under 22

1 wkEach year you started aged 22 to 40

1½ wkEach year you started aged 41 or over

Cap£751 a week in Great Britain, £783 in Northern Ireland

📝 Example: age 45, 15 years, £900 a week:

4 years at 1½ weeks = 6 weeks

11 years at 1 week = 11 weeks

17 weeks × £751 (the cap) = £12,767

How to Use the UK Redundancy Pay Calculator

Pick where you work and when you were made redundant

Choose England, Scotland or Wales (Great Britain) or Northern Ireland, then the date band. The date sets the weekly pay cap: £751 in Great Britain and £783 in Northern Ireland from 6 April 2026.

Enter your age and full years of service

Use your age on the date you were made redundant and count full years only, so 8 years 9 months counts as 8. You need 2 full years to get statutory pay and only the last 20 count.

Enter your weekly pay

Type your average gross weekly pay over the 12 weeks before you got your redundancy notice, or choose the 12-week total option and let the calculator divide it by 12.

Add any extra payment

If your employer pays more than the statutory amount, enter the extra to see how much of the total falls under the £30,000 tax-free limit.

Choose your tax rate

Pick the Income Tax rate for the part above £30,000. The tax shown is an estimate, because a large payment can cross from one band into the next.

Read your pay, tax and notice

The result shows statutory redundancy pay, the weeks counted, the tax-free and taxable parts, and the statutory notice period with your notice pay.

What is the UK redundancy pay cap in 2026?

For redundancies on or after 6 April 2026, weekly pay is capped at £751 in Great Britain, so the most statutory redundancy pay is £22,530 (30 weeks × £751). Northern Ireland has its own, higher cap of £783 and £23,490. The cap is set by law and rose on 6 April in both 2025 and 2026 (S.I. 2025/348 and S.I. 2026/310).

Statutory redundancy pay caps by date made redundant (gov.uk, S.I. 2026/310, nibusinessinfo)
Made redundant	Great Britain weekly cap	Great Britain most	Northern Ireland weekly cap	Northern Ireland most
6 April 2026 or later	£751	£22,530	£783	£23,490
Before 6 April 2026	£719 (from 6 April 2025)	£21,570	£749	£22,470

If you were made redundant between 6 April 2024 and 5 April 2025, the Great Britain cap was £700 (S.I. 2025/348 raised it to £719 from 6 April 2025). The calculator's "Before 6 April 2026" option uses £719 and £749 (the Great Britain cap from 6 April 2025 and the Northern Ireland cap before 6 April 2026), so work out an earlier redundancy by hand with the cap that applied on the day.

How is statutory redundancy pay worked out?

You get a number of weeks of pay for each full year you worked, up to 20 years. The weight of each year depends on your age at the start of that year, counting back from your last day: half a week if you were under 22, one week if you were 22 to 40, and one and a half weeks if you were 41 or over. Those are the redundancy pay rates and rules in section 162 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Multiply the total weeks by your weekly pay, capped as above.

The age is the age you were when each year began, not your age on your last day. Turn 41 during your final year and that year still counts as one week. A 41-year-old with 10 years' service gets 10 weeks, which is £5,000 on £500 a week. We checked this calculator against the gov.uk redundancy calculator on 55 combinations of age, service and pay, and the amounts matched on every one.

Your service counts from the day you started work, including any time before you were 18 (section 211 of the Act). For a younger worker those early years are paid at half a week, but they are paid.

Worked examples

Statutory redundancy pay examples, Great Britain, made redundant from 6 April 2026
Age	Full years	Weekly pay	Weeks counted	Statutory pay
24	3	£400	2.5	£1,000
35	8	£550	8	£4,400
41	10	£500	10	£5,000
45	15	£900 (capped at £751)	17	£12,767
52	25 (20 counted)	£600	25.5	£15,300
62	22 (20 counted)	£1,200 (capped at £751)	30	£22,530

The 52-year-old with 25 years only counts the last 20, which run from age 51 back to age 32, so 11 years pay one and a half weeks and 9 years pay one week. The 62-year-old is on the maximum: all 20 counted years began at age 41 or over, so 20 × 1½ is 30 weeks, and 30 × £751 is £22,530. Someone who is 60 with 20 years gets 29.5 weeks, because the oldest counted year began at 40.

Who qualifies for statutory redundancy pay?

You qualify if you are an employee and you have worked for your current employer for 2 full years or more. You do not qualify if your employer offers to keep you on, or offers suitable alternative work that you refuse without good reason. Being dismissed for misconduct is not redundancy. A few groups are left out, including members of the armed forces and police, and apprentices who are not employees when their training ends (gov.uk).

You have 6 months from the date your job ends to apply for statutory redundancy pay. If your employer offers you a different job, you have the right to a 4-week trial period, and you keep your right to redundancy pay if you decide within those 4 weeks that the new job is not suitable.

What counts as weekly pay for redundancy?

Your weekly pay is your average gross pay per week over the 12 weeks before the day you got your redundancy notice. That is the figure to enter, and it is why the calculator has a 12-week total option: add up what you were paid across those 12 weeks and the calculator divides by 12. Part-time workers and people on variable hours use the same method with their real earnings. If the average is above the cap, the cap is used for your redundancy pay.

Is redundancy pay taxed?

Statutory redundancy pay up to £30,000 is not taxable (gov.uk). The tax-free amount is one limit of £30,000 for all the payments connected with your job ending, added together: statutory pay, extra or enhanced pay and other termination payments. Only the part above £30,000 counts as income and is taxed at your rate (Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, section 403).

Pay you earned is a different thing. Wages, holiday pay and bonuses are taxed as normal pay, and so is pay for your notice period, so none of them use up the £30,000. For National Insurance, gov.uk says what you pay depends on what is in your termination payment, so ask your employer's payroll or HMRC before you rely on a figure. NI is the short form you will see on payslips. Your net redundancy pay is the total less any tax on the part above £30,000.

Take the age 45 example. Statutory pay of £12,767 plus an extra (enhanced) payment of £25,000 makes £37,767. The first £30,000 is free of tax and the other £7,767 is taxable. At 20% that is £1,553.40 of tax, and at 40% it is £3,106.80. The calculator does this sum when you add the extra payment and pick a rate, and it shows what is left after tax from your redundancy payment.

What is the statutory notice period for redundancy?

You are owed at least 1 week of notice once you have worked a month. After 2 years it grows by 1 week for each full year, up to 12 weeks for anyone with 12 years or more. Your contract can give you more than this, never less (gov.uk).

Statutory minimum notice for redundancy (gov.uk)
Time employed	Minimum notice
1 month to 2 years	1 week
2 to 12 years	1 week for each full year
12 years or more	12 weeks

Notice pay is based on your average weekly earnings in the 12 weeks before your notice period starts, with no cap, and the calculator uses your one weekly pay figure for both. Fifteen years' service gives 12 weeks, and at £900 a week that is £10,800 for the notice period alone. Your employer can pay you through the notice or pay you instead of notice if your contract allows it.

Enhanced, voluntary and contractual redundancy pay

You can never get less than the statutory amount, but you may get more if your employer has a redundancy scheme. Your contract, staff handbook or a union agreement is where to look. If you work for the NHS, a council or a large employer, ask for the scheme document, because it may pay more than the statutory amount.

If you volunteer, your employer decides whether to accept you. An early retirement package can be part of a voluntary offer, but an employer cannot offer it only to certain age groups, because that can be unlawful age discrimination (gov.uk). Put any extra amount in the calculator to see how much of the total stays under the £30,000 limit. For a wider termination package, the severance pay calculator is the next step.

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Section 162 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 covers England, Wales and Scotland, with one cap. Northern Ireland has its own cap, £783 a week from 6 April 2026, but uses the same age bands and 20-year limit (nibusinessinfo, gov.uk). Choose Northern Ireland in the first box and the cap changes. Scottish Income Tax is set separately, so use the tax rate box as a guide only.

Redundancy consultation and the protective award

Your employer must consult you before making you redundant. For fewer than 20 redundancies there are no set rules on how. With 20 or more at one workplace within 90 days, consultation with representatives must start at least 30 days before any dismissal takes effect (20 to 99 people), or 45 days (100 or more). If your employer gets this wrong, a tribunal can order a protective award of up to 180 days of pay per employee. The limit became 180 days under the Employment Rights Act 2025 for dismissals taking effect on or after 6 April 2026.

Calculating redundancy pay in Excel

You can build the sum in a spreadsheet with three counts and two results, where N is your full years of service capped at 20 (N = MIN(years, 20)) and Age is your age on the day you were made redundant:

Spreadsheet counts for statutory redundancy pay
Count	Formula
Years at one and a half weeks	A = MAX(0, MIN(N, Age − 41))
Years at one week	B = MAX(0, MIN(N, Age − 22)) − A
Years at half a week	C = N − A − B
Weeks of pay	1.5 × A + B + 0.5 × C (zero if years are under 2)
Statutory pay	Weeks × MIN(weekly pay, cap)

For age 45 with 15 years, A is 4, B is 11 and C is 0, which gives the 17 weeks in the example above.

Redundancy calculator for employers

The same three inputs give the statutory minimum each employee is owed: age, full years of service and average weekly pay, with the cap for the date the employee was made redundant. Add statutory notice and any extra payment on top. Collective consultation is required from 20 redundancies, and the protective award risk is the reason to get the timetable right before you make the first announcement.

After you are made redundant

Once you have 2 years' service by the end of your notice, you can take a reasonable amount of paid time off to look for work or arrange training, and your employer only has to pay up to 40% of one week's pay for it. In England, Jobcentre Plus runs a Rapid Response Service for people facing redundancy, and Scotland and Wales have their own services (gov.uk). If your next job is paid by the hour, check the rate against the UK minimum wage calculator, and use the severance pay calculator for a package outside the UK.

⚠️ Disclaimer This calculator estimates statutory redundancy pay, tax on the part above £30,000 and statutory notice pay using the caps in force from 6 April 2026 and the caps just before. Your contract may pay more, and the tax figure assumes one Income Tax rate, so the real tax can differ. It is not legal, tax or financial advice. Check your figures with your employer, Acas or a qualified adviser.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q.How is statutory redundancy pay calculated in the UK?

Count your full years of service, up to 20, and weight each year by your age at the start of it: half a week of pay under 22, one week from 22 and one and a half weeks from 41. Multiply the weeks by your weekly pay, capped at £751 in Great Britain for redundancies from 6 April 2026.

Q.What is the redundancy pay cap?

The cap follows the date you were made redundant. From 6 April 2026 it is £751 a week in Great Britain, so a redundancy on 3 April 2026 still uses the old £719. Northern Ireland is £783 from 6 April 2026. An employer scheme can pay more than the statutory amount.

Q.Is redundancy pay taxable?

Not up to £30,000. Statutory and extra redundancy payments are added together and only the part above £30,000 counts as income. Wages, holiday pay and bonuses in the same final payment are taxed as pay.

Q.How much redundancy pay is tax free?

The first £30,000, as one limit for every payment connected with your job ending. On a £40,000 package, £30,000 is free of tax and £10,000 is taxed at your rate. A second payment from the same employer does not give you a second £30,000.

Q.How is redundancy pay worked out for part-time workers?

The same way as for full-time staff, using your actual average weekly pay. The age bands, the 2-year rule and the cap do not change. Gov.uk also says an employer cannot select you for redundancy because you work part-time.

Q.How many years do I need to get redundancy pay?

Two full years with your current employer. With less than 2 years you have no statutory right to redundancy pay, but you still get statutory notice, which is 1 week once you have worked a month.

Q.Does the calculator work for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

Yes. England, Scotland and Wales share one set of rules and one cap. Northern Ireland uses the same age bands and the same 20-year limit with a higher cap, so choose Northern Ireland in the first box. This page covers the UK only.

Q.Do I get holiday pay as well as redundancy pay?

If you have untaken holiday, it can be paid on top. Gov.uk lists holiday pay as one part of a termination payment. It is separate from redundancy pay, it is taxed as pay and it does not count towards the £30,000 limit. Check your final payslip for it.

Q.What is the notice period for redundancy?

It depends on your service: 8 years gives 8 weeks and 15 years gives 12. Your contract can give you more but never less. If your contract allows it, your employer can pay you instead of making you work the notice, and you should still get your full basic pay for those weeks.

Q.How is weekly pay worked out for redundancy?

It is an average, so one odd week does not decide it. Add up what you were paid across the 12 weeks, for example £7,800, and the calculator divides by 12 to get £650 a week when you choose the 12-week total option.

Q.Can I get more than statutory redundancy pay?

Yes, if your contract or your employer's scheme pays more. You can never get less than the statutory amount. If you volunteer for redundancy, your employer still decides whether to accept you.

Q.How do I calculate redundancy pay in Excel?

Set N as MIN(years, 20), A as MAX(0, MIN(N, Age - 41)), B as MAX(0, MIN(N, Age - 22)) - A and C as N - A - B. Weeks are 1.5 x A + B + 0.5 x C, and the pay is the weeks times MIN(weekly pay, cap), or zero under 2 years.

Q.Does my birthday change my redundancy pay?

It can. A 22-year-old with 4 years gets 2 weeks, not 4, because every year of service began when they were under 22. Your age counts at the start of each year, working back from your last day, so a birthday inside a year does not lift that year.

Q.How long do I have to claim redundancy pay?

Six months, counted from the date your job ends and not from the day you were told. After that you can no longer apply, so ask your employer for it in writing well before then.

Q.What if my employer does not consult me?

Affected employees or their representatives can complain to a tribunal, which can make a protective award of up to 180 days of pay per employee for a collective redundancy of 20 or more at one workplace, for dismissals taking effect on or after 6 April 2026. The complaint must reach the tribunal before the last dismissal takes effect or within 6 months of it.

Q.What are the UK redundancy pay rules and laws?

Statutory redundancy pay comes from the Employment Rights Act 1996. You need 2 years of service, the amount depends on your age and years of service, weekly pay is capped, and you have 6 months from the date your job ends to claim. Your employer can pay more under a scheme.

Q.Is redundancy pay tax free, and do I pay NI on it?

Statutory redundancy pay up to £30,000 is tax free, counted together with any other termination payments. Whether NI is due depends on what is in the payment, so ask payroll or HMRC. Your net pay is the total less tax on anything above £30,000.

Sources & Methodology

Rates and rules come from the government and legislation pages below, read on 7 November 2026. Every amount on this page is worked out by the same code the calculator runs, and the results were checked against the gov.uk redundancy calculator.