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Redundancy payments: Form HR1 - advance notification of redundancies

Form and guidance for employers who need to notify the government of potential redundancies.

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The Insolvency Service
Published
25 April 2014
Last updated
2 August 2023 — See all updates

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Advance notification of redundancies: guidance for employers

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The government must help employees facing redundancy. To do this, advance notification of potential redundancies is required from employers. Failure to comply with the statutory notification requirements below without good cause may result in prosecution and a fine, on summary conviction, for the company and/or officers of the company.

The Redundancy Payments Service (RPS), acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, collects the information and distributes it to the appropriate government departments and agencies who offer job brokering services and/or training services.

This happens so that the government can help your employees. The information about your company is commercially confidential and may be used only for the purpose of assisting those facing redundancy. The other government departments and agencies are bound by the same confidentiality terms as the RPS.

You will be contacted directly by your local Jobcentre Plus and other service providers in your local area with offers of assistance during this notification/consultation period.

Updates to this page

Published 25 April 2014
Last updated 2 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. Removed Secretary of state for BEIS and corrected it to Secretary of State for Business and Trade

  2. Removal of furlough information.

  3. added a Word .docx version of the form

  4. Updated version of form. Guidance document added.

  5. Guidance within form updated for clarity. Revisions to format for ease of completion of the form.

  6. Document attachments updated

  7. Change to PO box addresses in form

  8. Reference to £5000 fine limit removed.

  9. Updated forms

  10. First published.

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