Hong Kong Severance and Long Service Payment Calculator
Calculate severance pay and long service payment in Hong Kong: two-thirds of the last month's wages, capped at HK$22,500, per year, up to HK$390,000.
Wages can be the last month's or, at the employee's choice, the average of the last 12 months. For service before 1 May 2025 the employer may still offset its MPF contributions; for later service it may not.
What it does
Under Hong Kong's Employment Ordinance an employee dismissed because of redundancy after at least 24 months gets a severance payment, and one dismissed for other reasons (not serious misconduct) after at least 5 years gets a long service payment; both are also due in some cases of retirement, ill health or death. Both use the same formula: two-thirds of the last full month's wages, with wages capped at HK$22,500, for each year of service, part years in proportion. Daily or piece-rated workers get 18 days' wages per year. The total cannot exceed HK$390,000.
How to use it
- Choose severance or long service payment and type the last monthly wages.
- Type the years and months of service.
- Read the payment, the amount per year and the years counted.
The arithmetic runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere and nothing is stored, so you can use these with real numbers.
Frequently asked questions
How much severance after 8 years and 6 months on HK$30,000?
Wages count as HK$22,500, so each year is worth HK$15,000: 8.5 × HK$15,000 = HK$127,500.
What is the maximum?
HK$390,000, reached after 26 years at the HK$15,000 a year maximum.
And for a daily-paid worker?
18 days' wages per year: on HK$600 a day, 3 years give HK$32,400.
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