Redundancy

New and updated

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Doubling of collective redundancy protective award

  Updated to confirm that this uplift applies to redundancy dismissals that take effect on or after 6 April 2026. This gives HR clarity on exactly when their employer faces the danger of a higher protective award if it gets collective redundancy consultation wrong.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory redundancy pay and employment tribunal award limits increase

  Limits applying to various tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation increase on 6 April 2026, including the maximum amount of a week's pay for redundancy payments. HR teams should review the potential cost exposure of redundancies and disputes.

• Type:

  How to

  How to conduct a redundancy process

  Practical guidance on conducting a redundancy process, with links to more detailed guidance and resources to use at specific stages of the process.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Collective redundancy consultation: scope of obligations

  The Government has issued a consultation on the triggers for the new collective redundancy consultation threshold under the Employment Rights Act 2025, which will affect employers making redundancies across multiple sites when the changes come into effect in 2027.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Extension of collective redundancy consultation threshold

  The Government has fleshed out the potential options for the organisation-wide triggers for the new collective redundancy consultation threshold under the Employment Rights Act 2025, which will affect employers making redundancies across multiple sites when the changes come into effect in 2027.

• Type:

  How to

  How to choose and apply redundancy selection criteria

  Updated to reflect that employers have more flexibility to use automated decision-making under measures in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, but that they must still have safeguards in place.

• Date:

  13 February 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment Rights Act 2025: 10 key policies employers need to revamp

  Updated to detail the number of employment law reforms in the 289 pages of the Employment Rights Act.

• Type:

  Calculators

  Statutory redundancy pay calculator

  Enhanced to reflect that the redundancy pay calculator has been updated with the predicted cap on a week’s pay effective from 6 April 2026. 

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Scotland: redundancy

  This guide sets out the differences between the law on redundancy in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Redundancy: fair redundancy process

  Updated with a reference to Hendy Group Ltd v Kennedy, which addressed the issue of suitable alternative employment and unfair dismissal.