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Redundancy payments: HR1 form - advance notification of redundancies

Form and guidance for employers who need to notify the government of potential redundancies.

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From:
The Insolvency Service
Published:
25 April 2014
Last updated:
9 December 2025
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HR1 form - online version

https://submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/691/hr1-advanced-notification-of-redundancies

Advance notification of redundancies: guidance for employers

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The government must help employees facing redundancy. To do this, advance notification of potential redundancies is required from employers. Failure to comply with the statutory notification requirements below without good cause may result in prosecution and a fine, on summary conviction, for the company and/or officers of the company.

The Redundancy Payments Service (RPS), acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, collects the information and distributes it to the appropriate government departments and agencies who offer job brokering services and/or training services.

This happens so that the government can help your employees. The information about your company is commercially confidential and may be used only for the purpose of assisting those facing redundancy. The other government departments and agencies are bound by the same confidentiality terms as the RPS.

You will be contacted directly by your local Jobcentre Plus and other service providers in your local area with offers of assistance during this notification/consultation period.

Digital version of the HR1 form

You can now complete the beta version of the HR1 form instead of a downloadable paper form. We no longer accept submissions of the paper form.

For more details, you can access our recorded demo of the HR1 and a Q&A document.

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