Redundancy

Your statutory redundancy

Two weeks' gross pay per year of service plus one extra week, with weekly pay capped at 600 euro and the whole statutory lump sum tax free. You qualify after 104 weeks of continuous insurable employment with the same employer. This tool takes the same inputs and returns the same calculation as the official MyWelfare redundancy calculator, verified against the official gov.ie examples.

Personal details

Date of birthI am under 55

Employment details

What date did you start working in this job?What date did you finish working in this job?

What was your Gross weekly wage in this job?

€

Breaks in service

Did you have any breaks in service during the final three years of your employment?

Extra payment from your employer (optional)

My employer is paying an ex-gratia sum on top of statutory

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Official sources

Rules last verified 19 August 2026.

Redundancy calculator (MyWelfare)mywelfare.ie/redundancycalculator Redundancy Payment Scheme (gov.ie)gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/redundancy-payment-scheme/Redundancy calculation examples (gov.ie)gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/publications/redundancy-calculation-examples/How much redundancy pay will I get? (Citizens Information)citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-payments/Redundancy notice periods (Citizens Information)citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-notice-periods/Lump sum tax exemptions (Revenue)revenue.ie/en/personal-tax-credits-reliefs-and-exemptions/lump-sum-payments/basic-exemption.aspx

All official sources

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