{
  "id": "v20-uk-severance",
  "version": "20.16.0",
  "name": "Severance Package Calculator — United Kingdom",
  "shortName": "Severance Package",
  "description": "Calculate an explicitly verified severance formula and reconcile contractual additions. Age-weighted UK redundancy and Irish statutory rules are not substituted with a universal one-week rate. GBP planning view; stated limitations apply.",
  "category": "Finance",
  "categorySlug": "finance",
  "keywords": [
    "severance",
    "uk",
    "legal-authority"
  ],
  "status": "live",
  "workStatus": "pending",
  "reviewStatus": "pending",
  "migrationStatus": "new",
  "engine": "native",
  "creator": null,
  "reviewer": null,
  "quality": {
    "availability": "live",
    "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/v20-uk-severance.json",
    "qualifiedReview": "pending",
    "qualifiedReviewer": null,
    "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
    "formulaVersion": "20.16.0",
    "referenceCoverage": "references-listed",
    "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
    "historicalMetadataDate": "",
    "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
  },
  "notice": "Illustrative defaults are not local quotes or verified legal rules. Dated reference components and user-entered assumptions are explicitly distinguished. Professional review is pending.",
  "urls": {
    "page": "/uk/severance/",
    "definition": "/uk/severance/definition.json",
    "schema": "/uk/severance/schema.json",
    "llms": "/uk/severance/llms.txt",
    "legacyDefinition": "/uk/severance/definition.json"
  },
  "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/uk/severance/?weeklyPay=1000&serviceYears=5&weeksPerYear=1&bonusWeeks=0&weeklyCap=0&notice=0&leave=0&enhancement=0&withholding=0&rulesConfirmed=0",
  "queryParameters": {
    "weeklyPay": {
      "label": "Eligible weekly pay",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 1000
    },
    "serviceYears": {
      "label": "Eligible years of service",
      "type": "number",
      "required": true,
      "default": 5
    },
    "weeksPerYear": {
      "label": "Verified entitlement weeks per service year",
      "type": "number",
      "required": true,
      "default": 1
    },
    "bonusWeeks": {
      "label": "Additional verified weeks",
      "type": "number",
      "required": true,
      "default": 0
    },
    "weeklyCap": {
      "label": "Verified statutory weekly-pay cap (0 = no cap entered)",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 0
    },
    "notice": {
      "label": "Separate notice/pay-in-lieu amount",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 0
    },
    "leave": {
      "label": "Separate accrued leave amount",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 0
    },
    "enhancement": {
      "label": "Contractual enhancement",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 0
    },
    "withholding": {
      "label": "Independently calculated tax/withholding",
      "type": "money",
      "required": true,
      "default": 0
    },
    "rulesConfirmed": {
      "label": "Applicable jurisdiction rules and entered amounts independently verified",
      "type": "checkbox",
      "required": false,
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "weeklyPay",
      "label": "Eligible weekly pay",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 1000,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "GBP",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "serviceYears",
      "label": "Eligible years of service",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 5,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 60,
      "step": 0.01,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "weeksPerYear",
      "label": "Verified entitlement weeks per service year",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 1,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 10,
      "step": 0.01,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "bonusWeeks",
      "label": "Additional verified weeks",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 0,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 104,
      "step": 0.01,
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "weeklyCap",
      "label": "Verified statutory weekly-pay cap (0 = no cap entered)",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 0,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "GBP",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "notice",
      "label": "Separate notice/pay-in-lieu amount",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 0,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "GBP",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "leave",
      "label": "Separate accrued leave amount",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 0,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "GBP",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "enhancement",
      "label": "Contractual enhancement",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 0,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "GBP",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "withholding",
      "label": "Independently calculated tax/withholding",
      "type": "money",
      "defaultValue": 0,
      "required": true,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 1000000000000,
      "step": 0.01,
      "prefix": "GBP",
      "help": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence."
    },
    {
      "id": "rulesConfirmed",
      "label": "Applicable jurisdiction rules and entered amounts independently verified",
      "type": "checkbox",
      "defaultValue": false
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "eligibleWeekly",
      "label": "Weekly pay used",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "currency": "GBP"
    },
    {
      "id": "base",
      "label": "Modeled basic severance",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "currency": "GBP"
    },
    {
      "id": "gross",
      "label": "Total entered gross package",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "primary": true,
      "currency": "GBP"
    },
    {
      "id": "net",
      "label": "Package after entered withholding",
      "format": "currency",
      "digits": 2,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  ],
  "formula": {
    "expression": "Basic amount = eligible capped weekly pay × (eligible service years × verified weeks per year + bonus weeks). Add notice, leave and enhancement; subtract entered withholding.",
    "note": "Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "label": "Illustrative defaults; required verification checks remain unconfirmed",
      "inputs": {
        "unitSystem": "metric",
        "weeklyPay": 1000,
        "serviceYears": 5,
        "weeksPerYear": 1,
        "bonusWeeks": 0,
        "weeklyCap": 0,
        "notice": 0,
        "leave": 0,
        "enhancement": 0,
        "withholding": 0,
        "rulesConfirmed": false
      }
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "GOV.UK legal aid guidance",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/legal-aid"
    }
  ],
  "publicSlug": "severance",
  "namespace": "uk",
  "countries": [
    "us",
    "uk",
    "ie"
  ]
}