Gardening leave VS lump sum

[Grace1285]

Hi all

I am being made redundant by my firm. They have offered me a fair package and the question now is do I go on gardening leave or shall I request a lump pay out?
I have one child in nursery so get the 15hrs free childcare.
I am just trying to weigh up the best options.
Any help would be appreciate!

Thanks

You should get gardening leave or lump sum equivalent to your notice period. Plus lump sum for your redundancy pay.
The first 30k of redundancy is tax free. Depending on your salary and package of you get a lump sum (ie pay in lieu of notice) instead of gardening leave then ask if it counts as redundancy as might be tax free
Going on gardening leave means you are officially still employed so can't usually start a new job until officially redundant.

Thanks for your response! Just thinking would gardening be better so I can continue to get my daughters free 15 hours free childcare because I need to be employed to get this. I am just trying to weigh up the benefits, I’m useless with this kind of stuff