LRD guides and handbook November 2019

Redundancy law - a guide for union reps

Chapter 7

Offsetting redundancy pay

[ch 7: page 56]

If a claim is successful any statutory redundancy payment will be offset against the basic award, meaning that if the claimant has already received redundancy pay, they will not also receive a basic award. Any contractual redundancy payment exceeding the statutory minimum will be offset against the compensatory award (Digital Equipment v Clements [1998] IRLR 134).