{"id":6614,"date":"2026-09-05T19:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/severance-pay\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:22:03","slug":"severance-pay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/severance-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Severance Pay (Kha Chot Choei): Section 118 of the Labour Protection Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Severance pay<\/strong> (\u0e04\u0e48\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e14\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e22, kha chot choei<\/em>, also spelled kha chod choey<\/em>) is the lump sum an employer must pay under Section 118 of the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541 when it terminates an employee who has completed at least 120 days of continuous service, calculated on the last wage rate and scaled from 30 to 400 days’ wages by length of service. It is owed on top of notice pay and unused leave, it does not depend on the employer’s reasons unless Section 119 applies, and it is usually the largest single item in a termination. Foreign employees are entitled to it on exactly the same terms as Thai employees.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n

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