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Severance & notice calculator
Three computations every ended employment deserves: the statutory termination benefits floor under the 1980 Regulations, the minimum notice under section 12, and — where the dismissal itself is challengeable — the Industrial Court's compensation conventions. Runs entirely in your browser.
Your computation appears here — statutory benefits, notice, and the Industrial Court view, itemised.
Statutory termination benefits Employment (Termination and Lay-Off Benefits) Regulations 1980
Minimum notice s.12 Employment Act 1955
If the dismissal is challengeable Industrial Court conventions — not automatic entitlements
This calculator states statutory minima and court conventions in general terms; contracts, schemes and facts vary the outcome. It is not legal advice and not a promise of recovery.
How the computation works
Termination benefits. For employees within the Employment Act's First Schedule (broadly, wages of RM 4,000 and below) with at least twelve months of service, the 1980 Regulations set the minimum at 10 days' wages per year of service under two years, 15 days from two to five years, and 20 days at five years or more — pro-rated for incomplete years, with a day's wages computed at the ordinary rate: monthly wages ÷ 26. Above the threshold, your contract or scheme governs; many employers pay above the floor in practice.
Notice. Section 12 sets minimum notice at 4 weeks under two years' service, 6 weeks from two to five years, and 8 weeks at five years or more — or salary in lieu. A contract may provide more, never less.
The Industrial Court view. Where a dismissal is found to be without just cause or excuse, the Court's settled conventions are backwages of up to 24 months of last-drawn salary (12 for probationers) and, where reinstatement is not ordered, compensation in lieu at one month's salary per completed year of service. These are outcomes of a successful claim — which is exactly why they belong in the same arithmetic as any settlement offer you are weighing.
Numbers first. Then the decision.
Bring the computation to a RM 480 assessment and we will tell you whether the offer on your table respects it — and what to do if it does not.
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