Most people encounter statutory redundancy pay exactly once, and they encounter it at one of the worst moments of their working life. There is a formula, it is not complicated, and almost nobody has any reason to have learned it in advance.
That combination is why so many people accept whatever figure they are given without checking it. RedundancyCalc exists so that checking takes thirty seconds.
How statutory redundancy pay works
The statutory calculation depends on three things: your age, your length of continuous service, and your weekly pay. You receive half a week's pay for each full year worked while under 22, one week's pay for each full year between 22 and 40, and one and a half week's pay for each full year from 41 onward.
Two caps apply. Service is capped at twenty years, and weekly pay is capped at a statutory maximum that the government updates each April. The weekly pay cap is the part that surprises people most: if you earn well above it, your statutory entitlement is calculated on the cap, not on your actual salary.
What the calculator does
It applies that formula to your figures and shows the breakdown by age band, so you can see exactly how the total was reached rather than being handed a number. Seeing the working is the point. It is what lets you check an employer's calculation against your own.
Keeping the figures current
The weekly pay cap and the resulting maximum statutory payment change every April. We update them when the new figures are published and state on the page which tax year the calculator is using.
Who publishes this site
RedundancyCalc is built and maintained by CJ Software Ltd, a UK software company that develops a small family of free, single-purpose calculators. We are a software business, not an employment law firm, and we say so plainly because it matters when you decide how much weight to give a number on a screen.
The site is funded by advertising. Advertisers have no influence over the calculations, the guidance, or what we choose to write about.
Important limits
This calculates the statutory minimum. Many employers pay contractual or enhanced redundancy above it, and the calculator cannot know your contract. It also does not cover notice pay, accrued untaken holiday, settlement agreements, or whether the redundancy itself was handled lawfully.
If you believe a redundancy has been handled unfairly, or you are being asked to sign a settlement agreement, get proper advice. ACAS provides free and impartial guidance, and Citizens Advice can help too. Both are better placed than any calculator to tell you where you stand.