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Claims for

severance

payments.

cf. 1965

c. 62, s. 21.7

200.

Notwithstanding anything in this

Part, an employee shall not be entitled to a severance payment unless, before the end

of the period of one month beginning with the relevant date, or within such extended period

as the Commissioner may agree

(Cap. 25.)

(a)

the payment has been agreed and paid;

(b)

the employee has made a claim for

(c)

payment by notice in writing given to

the employer; or

a question as to the right of the

employee to the payment, or as to

the amount of the payment, has been

made the subject of a claim filed

with the Registrar of the Labour

Tribunal in accordance with Part IV

of the Labour Tribunal Ordinance.

Making of

severance payment.

20P.

(1) where an employee is entitled

to a severance payment under this Part, his employer shall make the severance payment to

him not later than two months from the receipt of a notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of

section 200 unless either the employer or the

employee has, before the expiration of that