Labor Law 101_006 : I did not have a severance provision in my contract. Can I get severance pay?

No worries!

Regardless of the size of workplace, all employers are obliged to pay severance as far as an employee has worked at least 15 hours per week for a year or longer.

Even if the employee and the employer have agreed to the non-payment of severance, such agreement is illegal, and thus it is void.  Therefore once you are qualified for severance, you are entitled to it. 
So even though you do not have a provision governing severance, you can claim it.

Remember, all employers are obliged to pay severance to qualified employees.

Hyunjoo Ahn, Esq. (JD, LLM)

Law Office of Hyunjoo Ahn
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