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Find out about employee rights and termination rules.","Labour Laws Pakistan: Notice and Severance","\u002Fen-pk\u002Fwork-in-pakistan\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals\u002Fnotice-and-severance","labourlaw.labourlawpage","en_PK","2025-07-28T12:45:37.911829+00:00","2025-09-19T06:35:18.693179+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F987\u002Fedit\u002F",[18,21,24,27,30],{"title":19,"slug":20},"Pakistan","en-pk",{"title":22,"slug":23},"Work in Pakistan","work-in-pakistan",{"title":25,"slug":26},"Labour Law","labour-law",{"title":28,"slug":29},"Contracts and Dismissals","contracts-and-dismissals",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":32,"description":9,"image":33,"canonical":34,"robots":35,"og_type":36,"twitter_card":37,"locale":20,"created_at":38,"last_modified_at":39},"Work Notice, Severance Pay - Pakistan","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fen-pk\u002Fwork-in-pakistan\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals\u002Fnotice-and-severance\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2025-07-28T14:45:37.911829+02:00","2025-09-19T08:35:18.814007+02:00","\u003Cdiv class=\"cobra-ll-view\">\n\n  \n\n    \n    \n  \n  \u003Ch1>Notice and Severance\u003C\u002Fh1>\n  \u003Cspan class=\"lastupdated\">This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-03\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n  \n\n    \n\n    \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Notice Requirement\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>Labour law requires termination notice before terminating services of an employee. A permanent employee may be terminated after serving one month's notice or paying in lieu of notice. (S.O. 12 of Standing Orders Ordinance, 1968)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Similar provisions are found in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Act 2013 (Standing Order 17) and the the Sindh Terms of Employment (Standing Orders) Act 2015 (Standing Order 16).\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>For more information on employment contract termination, please follow the link: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.paycheck.pk\u002Fmain\u002Flabour-laws\u002Femployment-security\u002Femployment-termination\">Employment Termination in Pakistan\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Severance Pay\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>There is a provision in the law regarding severance\u002Fredundancy pay however it is not provided when a worker is terminated on the ground of misconduct. A worker is entitled to severance payment amounting to 30 days' wages for each completed year of service.(S.O. 12 of Standing Orders Ordinance, 1968)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar provisions are found in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Act 2013 (Standing Order 17) and the the Sindh Terms of Employment (Standing Orders) Act 2015 (Standing Order 16).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information on severance payment or gratuity, please follow the link: \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.paycheck.pk\u002Fmain\u002Flabour-laws\u002Fsocial-security-1\u002Fgratuity\">Gratuity Law in Pakistan\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_employmentsecurity_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights: work notice and severance pay in Pakistan – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-03\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Notice Requirement\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Labour law requires termination notice before terminating services of an employee. A permanent employee may be terminated after serving one month's notice or paying in lieu of notice. (S.O. 12 of Standing Orders Ordinance, 1968)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>Similar provisions are found in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Act 2013 (Standing Order 17) and the the Sindh Terms of Employment (Standing Orders) Act 2015 (Standing Order 16).\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>For more information on employment contract termination, please follow the link: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.paycheck.pk\u002Fmain\u002Flabour-laws\u002Femployment-security\u002Femployment-termination\">Employment Termination in Pakistan\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Severance Pay\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>There is a provision in the law regarding severance\u002Fredundancy pay however it is not provided when a worker is terminated on the ground of misconduct. A worker is entitled to severance payment amounting to 30 days' wages for each completed year of service.(S.O. 12 of Standing Orders Ordinance, 1968)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar provisions are found in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Act 2013 (Standing Order 17) and the the Sindh Terms of Employment (Standing Orders) Act 2015 (Standing Order 16).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information on severance payment or gratuity, please follow the link: \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.paycheck.pk\u002Fmain\u002Flabour-laws\u002Fsocial-security-1\u002Fgratuity\">Gratuity Law in Pakistan\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          \u003Ca href='\u002Fen-pk\u002Fwork-in-pakistan\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals'>Labour Laws Pakistan: Contracts and Dismissals\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>",[],{"text":45,"link":46},"Contact Us",{"title":45,"url":47,"description":45,"rel":48,"type":49,"id":50},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,{"id":52,"first_name":53,"last_name":54,"email":55,"image":56,"function":57,"external":58},2,"Gunjan","Pandya","gunjanpandya@wageindicator.org","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FGunjan-Pandya-ED_PhPZSyI.width-400.jpg","IT Specialist and Global Webmaster",false,[60],{"id":52,"first_name":53,"last_name":54,"email":55,"image":56,"function":57,"external":58},[],[],true,"\u003Cp>Paycheck.pk is WageIndicator. 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