Redundancy pay and notice calculator

Notice

Fair Work Act 2009 s 117(3): 1 week for up to 1 year of continuous service, 2 weeks up to 3 years, 3 weeks up to 5 years, and 4 weeks over 5 years, plus 1 week if you are older than 45 and have at least 2 years of service. Service is measured at the end of the day notice is given.

Redundancy pay

Section 119(2): 4 weeks at 1 year, rising to 16 weeks at 9 years, and 12 weeks at 10 years or more as the Act's table is written. Service is measured at the last day. Pay is the weekly base pay you enter, for ordinary hours only, without loadings, allowances, overtime or bonuses.

Who is excluded

Employees with under 12 months of service and employees of a small business employer (fewer than 15 employees) get no NES redundancy pay (s 121). Casual, fixed-term, task and seasonal employees, apprentices and employees dismissed for serious misconduct are also outside it (s 123).

How days are counted

The start date counts as day one. An anniversary date completes the year. Within a day or two of a threshold, ask your employer or the Fair Work Ombudsman for the exact count.

Not included

Award and enterprise agreement terms, which can pay more or replace the NES scale, the special rules for some industries, tax on the payment, unused leave and long service leave, and the small business insolvency exception.

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