Your deadline for claiming any redundancy pay you’re owed is 6 months minus a day from the last day you were employed. If you’re also claiming for unfair dismissal or notice pay, then you have 3 months less a day.
How many weeks do you get when made redundant?
If you are made redundant you may also be entitled to notice or payment in lieu of notice. Not all redundancies are genuine….How much is paid?
| Length of service | Redundancy payment |
|---|---|
| Less than 9 years, but more than 8 | 14 weeks |
| Less than 10 years, but more than 9 | 16 weeks |
What’s the minimum notice period for redundancy in the UK?
The statutory redundancy notice periods are: at least one week’s notice if employed between one month and 2 years one week’s notice for each year if employed between 2 and 12 years Check your contract. Your employer may give you more than the statutory minimum, but they cannot give you less.
Do you get redundancy pay when your job is made redundant?
Some employees don’t get redundancy pay when their job is made redundant. The following employees don’t get redundancy pay: employees whose period of continuous service with the employer is less than 12 months trainees engaged only for the length of the training agreement employees of a small business.
Is the Department for work and Pensions responsible for making people redundant?
Read guidance for employers on making staff redundant. The Department for Work and Pensions is not responsible for the contents, advice or information provided or the reliability of listed websites. Listing should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind. Websites are used at your sole risk.
How to apply for redundancy pay if your employer is insolvent?
Find out about: If your employer is insolvent, find out how to apply for redundancy pay, holiday pay, statutory notice pay and any other money you’re owed by your employer from the Insolvency Service .
