Statutory redundancy pay.
Statutory minimum is 0.5–1.5 weeks per year of service depending on your age, capped at 20 years and the weekly-pay cap (£700 from 6 April 2025). Your contract may pay more.
01
Your age at redundancy
UK rules pay more per year for older workers (1.5 weeks/year for 41+).
02
Complete years of service
Round down. 7 years 11 months counts as 7.
03
Gross weekly pay
Statutory cap is £700/week from 6 April 2025. Anything above the cap is ignored for the statutory calculation.
Your statutory redundancy pay
Tax-free minimum
£5200.00 (8.0 weeks at the capped weekly rate, across 8 reckonable years).
Notes
Reckonable years capped at 20.Weekly pay capped at £700.00 (from 6 April 2025 — re-check at gov.uk).Statutory redundancy pay is tax-free.You must have at least 2 years of continuous service to qualify for statutory redundancy.
This is the statutory minimum and is tax-free. If your contract has an enhanced redundancy scheme, you may be entitled to more. Some employers pay above the statutory cap on a discretionary basis. See the full guide on statutory redundancy pay.