Section 25

Payment on termination

僱傭合約終止時的工資支付

Part III — Protection of Wages (工資的保障)

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Statutory Text

(1) Subject to section 31O , where a contract of employment is terminated any sum due to the employee shall be paid to him as soon as is practicable and in any case not later than 7 days after the day of termination.

(2) The sum referred to in subsection (1) shall be—

(a) the equivalent of the amount earned by the employee for work done over the period commencing on the expiry of his wage period next preceding the time of termination up to that time;

(b) the sum (if any) payable under sections 7 , 15(2) and 33(4BA) ;

(ba) any long service payment due to the employee; and

(3) In addition to any deduction which may be made under section 32 , and subject to any order made by a court, an employer may deduct from any sum payable under subsection (1) to an employee who terminates his employment otherwise than under section 6 , 7 or 10 such sum as the employee would have been liable to pay if he had terminated his employment under section 7 .

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