We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…
You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…
You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…
Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…
If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…
If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…
You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…
Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…
If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
Redundancy is a form of dismissal from your job. It happens when employers…
Your employer should use a fair and objective way of selecting you for…
You’ll normally be entitled to statutory redundancy pay if you’re an…
If you’re made redundant, you may get a ‘termination payment’. This could…
You must be given a notice period before your employment ends. The…
You’re entitled to a consultation with your employer if you’re being made…
Your employer might offer you ‘suitable alternative employment’ within…
You can get help from the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service to: write…
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Calculate how much statutory redundancy you can get based on age, weekly pay and number of years in the job
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
This guidance is for company directors who are claiming redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy
Update: 23 February 2018 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
Employment law and insolvency
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
Claim money if you've lost your job because your employer has been made insolvent
Form and guidance for employers who need to notify the government of potential redundancies.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone.