If you have been made redundant through the insolvency of your Employer, you may be eligible to claim money from the Government. To claim for redundancy monies owed, including arrears of wages and unpaid holiday pay, you need to use the Redundancy Payment Service, RPS.
You can claim from the Redundancy Payments Service if all of the following apply:
The RPS asks lots of questions. The process is fairly straight-forward, but it helps to have the information you need to hand.
At RPS Assist, we want to help make your claim for redundancy payments online as easy as possible. We have outlined everything that you need to know about claiming redundancy payments after your employer has gone into insolvency.
To find out how much money you may be entitled to, use our RPS Claim Calculator:
The claim process falls into two steps:
For help and advice about each step, start by going to step 1: the GOV.UK Verify process.
The first step in your claim process involves verifying your identity...
We have prepared information and a step-by-step guide to help to make verifying using GOV.UK Verify easier.
Your RPS claim will most likely happen at a time of great uncertainty and change...
With this in mind we've set out the following guide to make this complex process as simple as possible.
The time between being made redundant and having your claim paid can vary...
The usual period is between 3 and 12 weeks, but there are many factors which can affect this.
