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Redundancy pay: cap on years of service
The maximum number of years of service that count towards a statutory redundancy payment.
20years
Corroborated Act of Parliament
jurisdiction GB
in force since 1996-08-22
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Scope: Caps reckonable years in the statutory redundancy calculation; earlier years disregarded. Interacts with the s.227 week's-pay cap.
Consolidated from EPCA 1978; s.162(3) unchanged since ERA 1996 commencement (age-tapering subsections repealed 2006 separately).
Current sources
Source A · LegislationEmployment Rights Act 1996 s.162(3)
Source B · Official guidanceGOV.UK — Redundancy: your rights ('Length of service is capped at 20 years.')
History
| Value | From | To | Status | Sources |
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| 20 | 1996-08-22 | — | Corroborated |
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