Im being made redundant after 25 years and im capped at 20

Many thanks for your patience. Whilst I completely understand why you may feel the offer you have been given is unfair and too low, it is unfortunately correct. Unless your contract entitles you to enhanced redundancy or your employer decides to offer you enhanced redundancy now, you would only be entitled to the statutory minimum redundancy payment. This is calculated on a set formula which is set by legislation. Everyone who is made redundant and gets the statutory amount will have their redundancy pay calculated under the exact same formula so you are not alone. The way the formula works is that it uses three factors to calculate the final amount – length of service, age and weekly pay. However, length of service is capped at 20 years, weekly pay is capped at £479 a week and your age will determine whether the weekly pay is factored by 0.5, 1 or 1.5. So in effect there is a maximum amount that someone can get for redundancy, regardless of how long their service is or what their pay is. You are near the maximum limit but unfortunately your actual pay (if more than 479) and your length of service longer than 20 years will not be included in the calculations – that is the law, there is nothing the employer can do about it.I'm sorry if this is not necessarily the answer you were hoping for, however I do have a duty to be honest and explain the law as it actually stands. This does mean delivering bad news from time to time. I hope you understand and would be happy to provide any further clarification if needed. If you are still satisfied with the level of service you have received I would be grateful if you could please take a second to leave a positive rating by selecting 3, 4 or 5 starts at the top of the page. Thank you

ok your question was why are you being capped at 20 years and is this legal, which I have answered. Have I missed anything? Let me now so I can clarify your position, thanks