# Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S

Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, the amount of the redundancy payment shall be calculated by reference to the period specified in paragraph 1 by starting at the end of that period and reckoning backwards the number of years of employment falling within that period, and allowing—
(a) one and a half weeks’ pay for each such year of employment in which the employee was not below the age of forty-one;
(b) one week’s pay for each such year of employment (not falling within the preceding sub-paragraph) in which the employee was not below the age of twenty-two; and
(c) half a week’s pay for each such year of employment not falling within either of the preceding sub-paragraphs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/44/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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