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Thirdly, we
we propose
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allow the surviving family
members of a deceased employee to become entitled to a long
service payment if the deceased had completed the qualifying
period of service at the time of his death. The spouse of the deceased will have priority over his legitimate children
or parents. If there are no family members, the deceased's
be entitled to legal personal representative will payment. All this is set out in clause 6.
the
Under Clause 10
a gratuity or retirement benefit due to an employee who has
died in service may be reduced by the amount of the long
service payment. This ensures that employers will not be
liable to pay a double benefit.
Fourthly, we propose to
an prevent
unscrupulous
to
employer from raising an employee's wages just beyond the existing wage ceiling and then dismissing him in order avoid the long service payment. Clause 8 provides that
employee earning
more than the
where
non-manual a
wage
ceiling is dismissed, but had been earning below the ceiling within one year before his dismissal, he shall be entitled
to a long service payment for the entire period during which
his wages did not exceed the ceiling.
Fifthly, We propose to make it clear under flause
14 that an employer is not liable to pay a double benefit in
respect of a long service payment or severance payment if
the employee is re-employed immediately after retirement.
The period of re-employment will be treated separately.