Conwy: what their redundancy policy pays

Conwy's own policy

Published as Conwy County Borough Council Pay Policy Statement 2025-26 (Appendix A).

Conwy's policy confirms it pays statutory redundancy pay only, with no locally discretionary enhancement on top.

"The Council reviewed the Corporate Redundancy and Restructuring Policy in January 2024 and removed the additional discretionary compensation provision and reaffirmed its policy of paying redundancy based on an actual week's pay, retaining the discretionary element of actual weeks' pay, rather than the capped statutory redundancy pay in accordance with the Employment Rights Act 1996."

Like every local authority, Conwy sets this policy under its own discretion (regulation 6 of the 2006 Regulations, below) and can amend it. Read the document itself rather than relying on this summary alone: Conwy County Borough Council Pay Policy Statement 2025-26 (Appendix A), retrieved 2026-08-19.

How this compares with the statutory minimum

Every employee with at least two years' service is entitled to statutory redundancy pay regardless of what their employer's own policy says. As at 6 April 2026, that is calculated using a week's pay capped at £751, up to a maximum of £22,530 for 20 years' service at age 41 or over.

What Conwy pays on top of the statutory floor, if anything, depends on the route out: several councils apply different terms to voluntary and compulsory redundancy, or to different staff groups. Read the council's own wording quoted above and the source document rather than relying on a single figure, and check your own offer against both.

LGPS and early pension access

Under regulation 30(7) of the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013, an LGPS member aged 55 or over who is dismissed for redundancy or business efficiency is entitled to immediate payment of their pension, rather than waiting until normal pension age. This is separate from, and on top of, any redundancy payment above.

Conwy's published policy document does not separately address LGPS strain-cost or pension access, so this page does not state a council-specific position. See our local government redundancy guide for the general rule and its source.

Source: LGPS Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2356), regulation 30(7). Read the regulations. This does not compute a pension figure; it states the rule only, and does not replace advice from your pension fund.

Settlement agreements at Conwy

Where a council wants to agree enhanced terms, confirm the LGPS position, or resolve a related dispute alongside a redundancy, it is often documented in a settlement agreement rather than a plain redundancy letter. A settlement agreement is only legally binding once you have received advice on its terms from a relevant independent adviser such as a solicitor, and your employer is usually required to contribute to the cost of that advice.

Before you sign anything, work out what Conwy's own policy and the statutory minimum add up to on their own, so you can see what a settlement offer is actually adding.