Redundancy rights: health (England and Wales)
Updating author: Julie Steele
Consultant editor: Capsticks
Summary
- Redundancy payments for NHS employees on Agenda for Change contracts are set out in the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook. (See Redundancy payments - Agenda for Change)
- Redundancy payments for NHS employees who are not working under Agenda for Change contracts are set out in their terms and conditions of service. (See Redundancy payments - NHS medical and dental staff; and Redundancy payments - consultants)
- Very senior managers are required to repay contractual redundancy payments if they start employment with another NHS employer within 12 months of leaving the NHS. (See Redundancy payments - very senior managers)
- A Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS) allows NHS employers to offer, in limited circumstances, a severance payment to an employee to leave their employment voluntarily. (See Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme)