A set number of weeks by service
The National Employment Standards set redundancy pay as a number of weeks of pay tied to your years of continuous service — 4 weeks at 1 year, rising to 16 weeks at 9 years, then capped at 12 weeks for 10+ years. Awards, agreements or contracts may provide more.
Common questions
Under the National Employment Standards (NES), it is a set number of weeks of pay based on your years of continuous service — from 4 weeks at 1 year up to 16 weeks at 9 years.
The NES scale caps redundancy at 12 weeks for 10+ years of service, a long-standing quirk of the standard.
Small businesses (generally under 15 employees) and casual employees are usually not covered, and some awards set different terms.