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Special Severance Payments (12 May 2022)
Statutory guidance
Special Severance Payments
Statutory guidance on the making and disclosure of Special Severance Payments by local authorities in England.
- From:
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Published
- 12 May 2022
Applies to England
Documents
Statutory guidance on the making and disclosure of Special Severance Payments by local authorities in England
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Government response to the draft statutory guidance on Special Severance Payments consultation
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Consultation on New Best Value Statutory Guidance: Special Severance Payments
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Details
Paying public sector workers additional, discretionary sums on top of other redundancy entitlements does not usually represent value for money and should only be considered in exceptional circumstances.
This statutory guidance sets out the criteria employers should consider in the exceptional circumstances in which it may be appropriate to make a special severance payment, gives examples of these exceptional circumstances, and clarifies the disclosure and reporting requirements for these payments.
A limited consultation with interested parties was carried out on draft guidance and the documents are published on this page.
Published 12 May 2022