Calculate UK Statutory Redundancy Pay Online Free
🚀 Calculate the Statutory Entitlement
Enter the employee's dates below — the year-by-year breakdown and total update live. Nothing leaves your device.
👤 Employee
📅 Dates & Pay
📊 Year-by-Year Breakdown
| Service Year | Age Band | Weeks |
|---|
Counted backward from the leaving date, up to 20 years. Each year uses the employee's age at that year's end point, so service crossing an age-band boundary is split correctly rather than using one band for the whole period.
🧮 Total Statutory Redundancy Pay
The first £30,000 of a genuine redundancy payment is generally tax-free. This figure is the statutory minimum only — some employers offer an enhanced amount under their own policy.
📝 Letter Options
Quick answer: Enter the employee's date of birth, employment start date, and leaving date, plus their gross weekly pay. The tool counts backward from the leaving date one year at a time, applies the correct age-band multiplier (0.5/1/1.5 weeks per year) based on their age at each year-end — so service that crosses a band boundary is split correctly, not lumped into one band — caps service at 20 years, and uses the lower of actual or statutory capped weekly pay. Review the year-by-year breakdown and total, then click Download PDF for a formal redundancy payment letter. Everything runs locally in your browser with jsPDF — not a screenshot image. This calculates the statutory minimum only and is not legal or tax advice.
- Cost: Free, unlimited calculations and letters, no signup.
- Where it runs: 100% in your browser — no upload, no server storage.
- Correct age-band splitting: Service crossing a boundary is divided properly, year by year.
- Editable weekly pay cap: Pre-filled with the 2026/27 figure, adjustable as rates change.
- Automatic eligibility check: Flags when the 2-year service minimum isn't met.
- Statutory minimum only: Doesn't include any enhanced/contractual redundancy terms.
⚖️ Calculation Aid, Not Legal or Tax Advice: This tool applies the standard statutory formula. Individual circumstances, disputes, and tax treatment can vary — confirm specifics with a qualified adviser.
📊 Check the Weekly Pay Cap: The statutory cap changes each April — confirm the figure in force for the leaving date before relying on this calculation.
📄 Statutory Minimum Only: Many employers offer enhanced redundancy pay above this figure — check your contract or staff handbook.
✅ Privacy: Your employee's details are processed locally — never uploaded, transmitted, or stored anywhere.
✅ 100% Private: Your calculation and letter are generated locally in your browser using JavaScript. No data is ever uploaded to a server or stored anywhere.
Note: Your data will be cleared once you close or refresh the page, so download your PDF before leaving.
How to Calculate UK Statutory Redundancy Pay
Enter the Employee's Dates
Date of birth, start date, and leaving date.
Enter Weekly Pay
Gross average weekly pay before the statutory cap applies.
Confirm the Statutory Cap
Check or edit the current weekly pay cap.
Download the Letter PDF
Review the breakdown, then save your redundancy letter.
🔒 Your Employee's Details Never Leave Your Device
This tool calculates redundancy pay and builds the letter using jsPDF and jsPDF-AutoTable running inside your browser tab. There is no upload step, no server-side processing, and no network request containing your employee's details.
Who Uses This Redundancy Pay Calculator?
HR Managers
Produce an accurate statutory figure, split correctly across age bands, for a redundancy consultation.
Small Business Owners
Work out exactly what's legally owed without specialist payroll software.
Payroll & Finance Teams
Cross-check a statutory redundancy figure before processing a final payment.
Employees Facing Redundancy
Check that an employer's offer matches the statutory minimum entitlement.
Employment Advisers
Quickly verify a client's statutory entitlement with a clear year-by-year breakdown.
Long-Serving Staff
Correctly account for service that spans several age bands over many years.
Why Use This Redundancy Pay Calculator?
- Fully Client-Side: jsPDF and jsPDF-AutoTable both run in your browser — no upload.
- Real Vector Text: Sharp, small-file-size PDF output — not a flattened screenshot.
- Side-by-Side Preview: Check your calculation and letter next to the form as you build it.
- Correct Age-Band Splitting: Most simple calculators apply one band to all years — this one splits correctly.
- Year-by-Year Breakdown: See exactly how each year of service was counted.
- Editable Weekly Cap: Reflects the figure in force for the actual leaving date.
- Eligibility-Aware: Flags when the 2-year minimum service threshold isn't met.
- 100% Free & Private: No account, no watermark, no server storing your data.
UK Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator – Complete Guide
Most online redundancy calculators take a shortcut: they look at an employee's age on their leaving date and apply a single multiplier to every year they've worked. That's wrong whenever someone has crossed an age-band boundary during their employment - and for long-serving staff, that's common. The correct statutory method counts backward from the leaving date and checks the employee's age at each year along the way.
The Statutory Redundancy Pay Formula
| Age During That Year of Service | Pay Per Complete Year |
|---|---|
| Under 22 | 0.5 week's pay |
| 22 to 40 | 1 week's pay |
| 41 and over | 1.5 weeks' pay |
Service is capped at 20 years (the most recent 20, counting backward from the leaving date), and weekly pay is capped at the statutory limit - reported as £751/week from 6 April 2026 across multiple sources, giving a maximum statutory payment of £22,530. Always confirm the current cap, as it's reviewed and typically increased every April.
Why Age-Band Splitting Matters
Consider an employee who started work at 35 and was made redundant 10 years later, at 45. A simplistic calculator might apply the 41+ band (1.5 weeks) to all 10 years. But correctly applied, the first several years - while they were still under 41 - only earn 1 week per year, and only the years after they turned 41 earn the higher 1.5-week rate. Getting this wrong can meaningfully over- or under-state the entitlement for anyone who crosses a band boundary mid-service.
Eligibility for Statutory Redundancy Pay
- At least 2 complete years of continuous service with the same employer
- Dismissed by reason of genuine redundancy (not performance, conduct, or other reasons)
- Employee status that qualifies under UK employment law
How This Calculator Actually Works
Starting from the leaving date, the tool steps backward one employment year at a time - up to 20 years - and for each one, calculates the employee's age at that year's end point using their date of birth. That age determines whether the year falls in the under-22, 22-40, or 41-plus band, and the corresponding multiplier is applied. Weekly pay is capped at whichever is lower: the entered gross weekly pay, or the statutory cap. Every year's band and multiplier appears in a visible breakdown table, so nothing is hidden inside a single lump-sum figure. On download, jsPDF-AutoTable renders that same breakdown into the PDF letter alongside the total, built entirely with jsPDF's vector text rendering. Nothing ever touches a server.
Security and Privacy Considerations
- No Data Upload: Every field you fill in stays on your device.
- No Server Processing: Calculation and PDF generation run entirely as client-side JavaScript.
- No Storage: Nothing about your employee or letter is saved once you close or refresh the tab.
- No Account Needed: There is no login, tracking, or usage cap.
Browser Compatibility and Technical Requirements
This UK Redundancy Pay Calculator works in modern browsers that support JavaScript PDF generation (jsPDF) and Blob downloads.
- ✅ Chrome/Edge 76+
- ✅ Firefox 55+
- ✅ Safari 13.1+
- ✅ Mobile Chrome (Android), Mobile Safari (iOS) — download supported
Troubleshooting Common Issues
Explanation: Statutory redundancy pay generally requires at least 2 complete years of continuous service. Solution: Double-check the employment start and leaving dates - if truly under 2 years, there is typically no statutory entitlement.
Explanation: Each row represents one complete year of service, counted backward from the leaving date, up to a maximum of 20. Solution: This is expected for longer service - only the most recent 20 years are counted if service exceeds that.
Explanation: The cap applies based on the leaving date, and the government reviews it every April, so it can differ year to year. Solution: Check the figure in force for the specific leaving date at gov.uk before finalizing a calculation.
Explanation: The PDF needs both parties identified to be a meaningful letter. Solution: Fill in both the employee's name and the employer's name, then download again.
Frequently Asked Technical Questions
Question 1: What actually builds the PDF - is it a known library?
Answer: This tool uses jsPDF, a widely used open-source JavaScript library for generating PDF documents in the browser, together with its jsPDF-AutoTable plugin for the year-by-year breakdown table - both loaded directly in your browser.
Question 2: How exactly is each year's age band determined?
Answer: For each counted year, the tool computes a year-end date by subtracting that many whole years from the leaving date, then calculates the employee's exact age (accounting for whether their birthday has occurred yet relative to that date) to classify it into the under-22, 22-40, or 41-plus band.
Question 3: How is the 20-year service cap applied?
Answer: The tool counts complete years of service and, if that total exceeds 20, only processes the most recent 20 years counting backward from the leaving date - matching the statutory rule that caps service length while preserving which specific years (and therefore which ages) are counted.
Question 4: How is the capped weekly pay selected?
Answer: The tool takes the smaller of the entered gross weekly pay and the entered statutory weekly pay cap, and uses that single capped figure to multiply against the total weeks' entitlement from the breakdown.
Question 5: Does this tool need an account, server, or API key?
Answer: No. jsPDF, jsPDF-AutoTable, and the live preview all run as ordinary JavaScript already loaded by this page — you never need an account or any API key to use it.
Glossary of Terms
- Statutory Redundancy Pay
- The legal minimum lump-sum payment owed to an eligible employee made redundant, calculated by a formula based on age, length of service, and weekly pay.
- Weekly Pay Cap
- A government-set maximum figure used in the redundancy pay formula even if the employee's actual weekly pay is higher, reviewed and typically increased each April.
- Continuous Service
- An unbroken period of employment with the same employer, used to determine both eligibility for and the amount of statutory redundancy pay.
- Age Band
- One of three bands (under 22, 22-40, 41 and over) that determines how many weeks' pay an employee earns for each complete year of service in the statutory redundancy formula.
- Enhanced Redundancy Pay
- A payment above the statutory minimum that some employers offer under their own contractual policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, completely free with no watermark, no signup, and no limit on how many calculations or letters you create.
No. The calculation and letter are built entirely inside your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is transmitted over the network.
Under section 162 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, you get half a week's pay for each complete year of service under age 22, one week's pay for each complete year aged 22 to 40, and one and a half weeks' pay for each complete year aged 41 or over - counted for up to 20 years of service, using weekly pay capped at the current statutory limit.
This tool pre-fills a recent published figure (£751 a week from 6 April 2026) but lets you edit it, since the cap is reviewed and typically increases every April - always confirm the current figure at gov.uk before relying on a calculation.
Generally you need at least 2 complete years of continuous service with the same employer to qualify. This tool flags when that threshold isn't met.
The correct method splits your service across age bands based on your age during each year, rather than applying a single age band to your whole employment - this tool calculates it that way, counting backward one year at a time from your leaving date.
The first £30,000 of a genuine redundancy payment is generally tax-free. Amounts above that threshold, and certain other payments bundled with it, may be taxable - check your specific circumstances.
It's capped at 20 years of service and the current weekly pay cap, applied at the highest 1.5-week multiplier - using the £751 2026/27 cap, that works out to 20 × 1.5 × £751 = £22,530.
No, this calculates the statutory minimum only. Some employers offer enhanced redundancy packages above the statutory figure under their own policy or contract - check your contract or staff handbook for any additional entitlement.
The calculation uses whichever is lower - your actual average gross weekly pay, or the statutory cap. If you earn more than the cap, the statutory calculation still only uses the capped figure.
Final Thoughts
Redundancy pay is one of those calculations that looks simple on the surface but rewards doing it properly - especially for long-serving employees who've crossed an age-band boundary. This tool gets the year-by-year detail right and turns it into a clear, properly documented letter, all without your employee's details ever leaving your device.
Enter the employee's details above and download the redundancy letter!