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Claim to an employer for a statutory redundancy payment (Northern Ireland)
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For an employee in Northern Ireland made redundant after at least two years' continuous employment whose redundancy pay has not been paid: the written claim to the employer that the law asks for within six months, giving the dates, your figure if you have one, 14 days to pay and a request for the written calculation, then naming early conciliation with the Labour Relations Agency and the industrial tribunal. A week's pay counts up to £783 from April 2026. nidirect explains redundancy pay free. Sent by recorded delivery and by email.
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- Last updated October 29, 2026
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When to use this document
- You were made redundant after years in the job in Northern Ireland and the redundancy pay has not come.
- Your employer says you are owed nothing on redundancy and you think otherwise.
- The firm is closing down and you are worried your redundancy money will be lost.
- You want to claim your statutory redundancy pay in writing.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Employee
- Employee's address
- Town or city
- Employee's postcode
- Date
- Employer
- Employer's postal address (street and number, postcode and town on separate lines)
- Job title
- Start date
- Date your employment ended
- Amount claimed
Common questions
- Who gets statutory redundancy pay in Northern Ireland, and how much is it?
- An employee with at least two years' continuous employment who is dismissed because of redundancy. It is half a week's pay for each full year worked while under 22, one week's pay for each year from 22 to 40, and one and a half weeks' pay for each year from 41, counting at most 20 years, with a week's pay capped at £783 for redundancies from 6 April 2026 — at most £23,490. Great Britain's cap is lower. nidirect explains the calculation free. Under two years' service there is no statutory payment, only what the contract gives.
- Is there a deadline to claim statutory redundancy pay in Northern Ireland?
- Yes. Within six months of the relevant date — usually when your notice ends — the payment must have been agreed or paid, or you must have claimed it from the employer in writing or referred the question to an industrial tribunal (Article 199 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996); if you act in the next six months, a tribunal can still award it where that is just and equitable. This letter is a written claim; sending it by recorded delivery proves when it arrived. Where the employer is insolvent, the application to the NI Redundancy Payments Service is also due within six months of the redundancy.
- What if an employer in Northern Ireland has gone out of business and cannot pay redundancy pay?
- Apply to the NI Redundancy Payments Service, part of the Department for the Economy, online and free, within six months of being made redundant. It can pay statutory redundancy pay and, where the employer is legally insolvent, arrears of wages, holiday pay and notice pay within limits; the insolvency practitioner dealing with the employer gives you the details it needs. This letter is still useful as your claim in writing while the position is unclear.
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