Check how much redundancy pay you can get

Summary

If you’re made redundant while you’re on maternity leave, your redundancy pay will be based on your normal pay. It doesn’t matter if you’re earning less than usual at the time you’re made redundant. If your contract doesn’t set out your ‘normal hours of work’ (how many hours each week you need to work), your weekly pay will be worked out as an average. The average will be based on what you earned in the 12 weeks before you were told you’d be made redundant. This includes any commission you made in that time. People on zero-hours contracts might be entitled to redundancy pay - but it can be very complicated to work out, so contact your nearest Citizens Advice for help. Your overtime won’t usually be included in your weekly pay, unless it was regular and you had to do it as part of your job. Contact your nearest Citizens Advice for help working out what should be included in your redundancy pay. If you’ve agreed to take a drop in pay because the business you work for is struggling, your redundancy pay could be affected. It depends whether you agreed to change your contract or not. This can be difficult to work out so contact your nearest Citizens Advice for help. If you’ve been laid.

Key information

• said they’re insolvent but no one has told you what to do to claim your money - this means they might not really be insolvent
• checking documents they gave you - like your contract, payslips or letters
• asking the landlord of the building you worked in, if it was rented
• asking people you used to work with
• If you’re made redundant while you’re on maternity leave, your redundancy pay will be based on your normal pay. It doesn’t matter if you’re earning less than usual at the time you’re made redundant.
• If your contract doesn’t set out your ‘normal hours of work’ (how many hours each week you need to work), your weekly pay will be worked out as an average.
• The average will be based on what you earned in the 12 weeks before you were told you’d be made redundant. This includes any commission you made in that time.
• People on zero-hours contracts might be entitled to redundancy pay - but it can be very complicated to work out, so contact your nearest Citizens Advice for help.
• Your overtime won’t usually be included in your weekly pay, unless it was regular and you had to do it as part of your job.
• Contact your nearest Citizens Advice for help working out what should be included in your redundancy pay.
• If you’ve agreed to take a drop in pay because the business you work for is struggling, your redundancy pay could be affected. It depends whether you agreed to change your contract or not.

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