Consultation on reforms to public sector exit payments

The Spending Review 2015 announced the government’s intention to consult on cross-public sector action on exit payment terms, to reduce the costs of redundancy pay-outs and ensure greater consistency between workforces.

The government is consulting on options to reform public sector exit payment terms to ensure greater consistency, fairness and sustainability in the provision of public sector compensation.

Once the consultation closes on the 3 May 2016 the government will consider all replies and publish a government response document that will set out how the government intends to proceed.

The government would particularly, but not exclusively, be interested to hear from:

• individuals
• public sector employers
• government departments
• consumer groups
• providers of redundancy schemes