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Appendix XI

Article 7

(2) In granting a permit, the Regional Committee or the Central Committee, as the case may be, may also lay down the obligations of the employer to the worker regarding severance pay, service pay and compensation of other kinds.

(3)

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The fixing of the amount of severance pay; service... pay....... and other compensation shall be laid down by Ministerial Regulation..

The Civil Code, Title 7A, Book III on Termination of Employment

Article 1603q

If the period of employment is not determined in the labour contract or employer's rules or legislative regulation or custom, the employment is regarded as having been made for an indefinite period ....

Ministerial Regulation. No. 9 of 1964 on the fixing of dismissal indemnification, merit allowance and other compensation

Article 1

The amount of severance pay is determined to be at least

as follows:

Article 2

Service of up to one year Service of one year or more

but less than 2 years

Service more than 2 but

less than 3 years Service of 3 years or more

1 month wages

2 months wages

3 months wages

Hand

4 months wages

The amount of service pay is determined to be at least

as follows:

Service of more than 5 but less than 10 years Service of more than 10 but less than 15 years Service of more than 15 but less than 20 years Service of more than 20 but less than 25 years Service of 25 years or more

1 month wages

2 months wages

3 months wages 4 months wages

5 months wages

Article 3

a.

b.

C.

d.

Compensation shall include:

compensation for annual leave not enjoyed;

compensation for long leave not enjoyed if within the undertaking concerned there are rules providing for such leave;

expenses in respect of the return of the worker and his family to the place of engagement;

other components decided upon by the Regional or

Central Committee for the Settlement of Labour Disputes.

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