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<p>The provisions relating to calculation of redundancy and notice pay under the Employment
Rights Act continue to apply when an individual is on the Coronavirus Job Retention
Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Employees who are dismissed due to redundancy and who satisfy
certain qualifying conditions are statutorily entitled to a lump sum from their employer,
based on their age, length of service and contractual weekly earnings, subject to
a statutory upper limit, payable at, or soon after, the dismissal date.</p><p> </p><p>As
per the guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, grants cannot be used to
substitute redundancy payments. We would urge employers not to use the Job Retention
Scheme to make someone redundant on less favourable terms than they would otherwise
have received.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full guidance on how to calculate rates of pay
for employees on variable hours can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcalculate-how-much-you-can-claim-using-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme&data=02%7C01%7CTayiab.Ramzan%40beis.gov.uk%7C05e7f695ce4a4284549308d82cbc49f3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637308534493064415&sdata=tjjmJaFqByxw55yHPrqfEiQ45wLNhfw9mOiNNKBvH6g%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/calculate-how-much-you-can-claim-using-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p>
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