Termination cost
Review notice, severance, final-payroll and termination-related cost rules using the structured country dataset.
How to read termination cost
Termination cost depends on the employee, contract, tenure and reason for separation. The sections below show the structured notice, severance and final-pay rules instead of forcing one universal number.
Notice
Notice rules
Employment rule
Notice
3 working days
Notice
1 week
Notice
2 weeks
Notice
1 month
Notice
3 months
Severance rules
Employment rule
Severance rules
Employment rule
Notice
Probation up to 2 weeks
3 working days
Probation over 2 weeks
1 week
Probation 3 months
2 weeks
Notice
Ordinary notice rules
Severance
Yes
Termination for cause
Disciplinary dismissal
Without notice
Yes
Grounds
Serious breach of basic employee duties
Specified criminal offence conditions
Culpable loss of required qualification
Employer action deadline from knowledge months
1
Union consultation
conditional
Union opinion deadline days
3
Written form
Yes
Reason required
Yes
Final pay
Ordinary due items plus unused leave equivalent if due
Severance
No statutory redundancy severance for employee fault
Severance
No statutory redundancy severance for employee fault
Final payroll
Final payroll
Final salary payment deadline
ordinary statutory payday rule unless a specific component has another statutory deadline
Unused leave cash equivalent
Required on termination if unused leave exists
Yes
Rule effective from
2026 01 27
Payment timing
normal employer wage-payment date; if that date falls before termination, no later than 10 days after termination
Overtime
Pay if due
Bonus
conditional
Commission
conditional
Expense reimbursement
conditional
Severance
conditional
Notice related payments
conditional
PPK treatment
conditional
Permitted deductions
See DF
Final payroll
Final salary payment deadline
ordinary statutory payday rule unless a specific component has another statutory deadline
Unused leave cash equivalent
Required on termination if unused leave exists
Yes
Rule effective from
2026 01 27
Payment timing
normal employer wage-payment date; if that date falls before termination, no later than 10 days after termination
Overtime
Pay if due
Bonus
conditional
Commission
conditional
Expense reimbursement
conditional
Severance
conditional
Notice related payments
conditional
PPK treatment
conditional
Permitted deductions
See DF
Severance
conditional