Severance Allowance

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

• It is a payment made to the employee,
• it can only be ordered by a Court.
• If a worker has been in employment for 12 months or more, Severance Allowance amounts to the total of 3 months’ remuneration per year of service.
• The employer may deduct from the amount of Severance Allowance any gratuity paid to the worker or contributions made under the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund.