uk_statutory_redundancy_pay
UK Redundancy Pay Calculator — statutory entitlement 2026
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How much redundancy pay you’re owed — from your age, your years of service and your weekly pay, on the 2026 limits. Redundancy pay in the UK has a formula, and it is stranger than most people expect. Your years of service are weighted by how old you were during each of them — a year past 41 is worth a week and a half’s pay, a year in your twenties or thirties is worth one, a year before 22 is worth half. Only your last twenty count. And the weekly pay that feeds the formula is capped at £751 however much you actually earn, with £22,530 the ceiling on the whole payment. That cap moves every April, which is why a general-purpose AI will usually quote you last year’s. The age-weighting runs backwards from your leaving date and drops any year straddling a birthday into the lower band — a small fiddly rule, easy to state and easy to get wrong. Northern Ireland sets its own higher limits; those are here too.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| age | number | no | 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. |
| serviceYears | number | no | 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. |
| weeklyPay | number | no | 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. |
| dismissalDate | string | no | 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. |
| nation | string | no | Where do you work? Northern Ireland sets its own limits — currently HIGHER than Great Britain’s: £783 weekly, £23,490 maximum. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"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
}