Maximum week's pay (redundancy and unfair dismissal)
The cap on a week's pay used to calculate statutory redundancy payments and the unfair-dismissal basic award.
£751.00per week
Corroborated Statutory Instrument
Great Britain
in force since 2026-04-06
Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-09-21·guidance verified 2026-09-21
Current sources
Source A · Legislationhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/310/schedule/made (ERA 1996 s.227(1); SI 2026/310)
Source B · Official guidancehttps://www.gov.uk/redundancy-your-rights/redundancy-pay
History
| Value | From | To | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £751.00 | 2026-04-06 | — | Corroborated |
|
| £719.00 | 2025-04-06 | 2026-04-05 | Primary source only |
|
| £700.00 | 2024-04-06 | 2025-04-05 | Primary source only |
|
| £643.00 | 2023-04-06 | 2024-04-05 | Primary source only |
|
| £571.00 | 2022-04-06 | 2023-04-05 | Primary source only |
|
| £544.00 | 2021-04-06 | 2022-04-05 | Primary source only |
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| £538.00 | 2020-04-06 | 2021-04-05 | Primary source only |
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| £525.00 | 2019-04-06 | 2020-04-05 | Primary source only |
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| £508.00 | 2018-04-06 | 2019-04-05 | Primary source only |
|
| £489.00 | 2017-04-06 | 2018-04-05 | Primary source only |
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| £479.00 | 2016-04-06 | 2017-04-05 | Primary source only |
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Receipt
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- Figure ID
employment.redundancy.weekly_pay_cap- Name in the API
- Maximum amount of a week's pay (redundancy / basic award)
- Record fields (source type · unit · jurisdiction · status)
- si·GBP/week·GB·corroborated
- Record hash (canonical JSON, SHA-256)
sha256:c39cc68c9f9bca0c17a77c6ef59fca204d71f4c29e021d31320f7d6278715be6- Source snapshots (SHA-256)
- Legislation:
sha256:e38d02439befd69a9eae7bee9249fb1e7eaeda026295edb37fadf4d42abfd510 - Official guidance:
sha256:6ccddcb3b0098580207823ba25cd4300ade2ee1c8cb94c7105ef3bd602415490 - Listed in the signed manifest
- release 3.0.0 manifest
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record_hashes["employment.redundancy.weekly_pay_cap"] - Machine-readable record
- /v1/figures/employment.redundancy.weekly_pay_cap · current only: /v1/figures/employment.redundancy.weekly_pay_cap/current