Estimate your basic award and compensatory award for unfair dismissal — and see the difference the compensation cap's removal makes from 1 January 2027.
Estimated total compensation
| Element | Amount |
|---|---|
| Basic award | £0 |
| Compensatory award | £0 |
The basic award uses the same formula as statutory redundancy pay: a multiplier based on your age during each year of service, applied to your weekly pay (capped at £751 as of 6 April 2026), up to a maximum of 20 years' service.
| Age during that year of service | Weeks' pay per year |
|---|---|
| Under 22 | 0.5 week's pay |
| 22 to 40 | 1 week's pay |
| 41 and over | 1.5 week's pay |
The compensatory award is meant to reflect your actual financial loss — typically lost earnings from the date of dismissal until you find (or reasonably should have found) comparable work, plus items like lost pension contributions or benefits. This calculator approximates that loss as your weekly pay multiplied by the weeks you estimate it will take to find new work; a tribunal would assess your specific losses in detail, and reduce the award for any failure to mitigate your loss by looking for new work reasonably promptly.
Before 1 January 2027, this figure is capped at whichever is lower: £123,543 or 52 weeks' gross pay. From 1 January 2027, the Employment Rights Act 2025 removes both limits.
For dismissals before 1 January 2027, the compensatory award is capped at the lower of £123,543 or 52 weeks' gross pay (from 6 April 2026), on top of a separate basic award. From 1 January 2027, the Employment Rights Act 2025 removes this cap entirely.
Yes. The Employment Rights Act 2025 abolishes the compensatory award cap from 1 January 2027, alongside reducing the qualifying period for unfair dismissal protection from 2 years to 6 months, on the same date.
The basic award is a fixed formula based on age, service and weekly pay — identical to the statutory redundancy pay calculation. The compensatory award separately reflects your actual financial loss, capped differently as explained above.
Also see our Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator — the basic award uses the same formula.