The employee is entitled to severance pay in certain cases of dismissal, including redundancy due to a reduction in numbers of employees. If a collective agreement or the employment contract does not specify a higher severance pay, the employer has to pay a severance pay of the following amounts:

• one month average earnings if the employee has been employed by the employer for less than five years;
• two months average earnings if the employee has been employed by the employer for five to 10 years;
• three months average earnings if the employee has been employed by the employer for 10 to 20 years; and
• four months average earnings if the employee has been employed by the relevant employer for more than 20 years.

In compliance with section 75 of the labour law, 'average earnings shall be calculated based on the work remuneration calculated for the work of the employee during the previous six months, on supplementary payments specified in regulatory enactments, collective agreements or employment contract, as well as from bonuses'. The law also details seven specific cases for the calculation of the payments, related to specific employment situations.