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Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.

• Overview

  Redundancy is a form of dismissal from your job. It happens when employers…

• Being selected for redundancy

  Your employer should use a fair and objective way of selecting you for…

• Statutory redundancy pay

  You’ll normally be entitled to statutory redundancy pay if you’re an…

• Tax and National Insurance

  If you’re made redundant, you may get a ‘termination payment’. This could…

• Notice periods

  You must be given a notice period before your employment ends. The…

• Consultation

  You’re entitled to a consultation with your employer if you’re being made…

• Suitable alternative employment

  Your employer might offer you ‘suitable alternative employment’ within…

• Get help finding a new job

  You can get help from the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service to: write…

Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay

• Overview

  Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…

• Avoiding redundancies

  You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…

• Lay-offs and short-time working

  You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…

• Non-compulsory redundancy

  Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…

• Compulsory redundancy

  If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…

• Redundancy consultations

  If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…

• Giving staff notice

  You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…

• Redundancy pay

  Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…

• Tax when making staff redundant

  If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…

• Getting help

  If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…

Claim money if you've lost your job because your employer has been made insolvent

Calculate how much statutory redundancy you can get based on age, weekly pay and number of years in the job

Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment

Guidance on finding work, claiming benefits, managing debts and pensions if you’re being made redundant.

• Updated: 9 October 2024

If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice

Get information and advice on statutory redundancy pay in England, Scotland and Wales - telephone, opening hours

Includes solving a workplace dispute, calculating redundancy pay and dismissal

• Updated: 24 June 2015

Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments