No pay during redundancy notice period

A question about : No pay during redundancy notice period

Hi,
I have been working as a joiner in a small firm for around 8 years. We have been struggling with work for a while and been put on short time, on and off for a couple of years.
More recently, after another short time period I have been laid off for 3 weeks and been told I will be made redundant. I went to a meeting today and was told my notice period would be 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, with the weeks on, being short time.
The weeks off will be unpaid and I will only be paid short time for the weeks on. Is this legal, or am I due 8 weeks full pay?

Best answers:

• Hello Youriwanbull, and welcome to the forums.
  You are entitled to one week's paid notice for each complete year of service. The way in which 'a week's pay' is calculated will depend on whether you have fixed contracted hours, or whether your hours vary from week to week (but over-time is not taken into account).
  You are also entitled to statutory redundancy pay the amount of which will depend on your age - calculator here https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-redundancy-pay
  Please note: I am not an official CAB Representative. The CAB Reps do not post at weekends, and aim to reply within two working days during the week.
  Hope this helps
  Dx