Chapter:	57	Title:	EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	E.R. 1 of 2013
Section:	31N	Heading:	Claims for severance payments	Version Date:	25/04/2013

Notwithstanding anything in this Part, an employee shall not be entitled to a severance payment unless, before the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the relevant date, or within such extended period as the Commissioner may agree- (Amended 19 of 1984 s. 3)

(a) the payment has been agreed and paid;
(b) the employee has made a claim for payment by notice in writing given to the employer; or
(c) a question as to the right of the employee to the payment, or as to the amount of the payment, has been made the subject of a claim filed with-
(i) the Registrar of the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board in accordance with Part 4 of the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board Ordinance (Cap 453); or
(ii) the Registrar of the Labour Tribunal in accordance with Part 4 of the Labour Tribunal Ordinance (Cap 25). (Amended 61 of 1994 s. 50)