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Contractual Severance Scenario

Apply a user-entered weeks-per-year contractual formula to service and weekly pay.

Your numbers

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Your result

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How to use this calculator

  1. Enter eligible weekly pay, eligible service years, severance weeks per service year, maximum total severance weeks.
  2. Choose a display currency, then select Calculate. Results also update after a brief pause while you edit.
  3. Read the result with the assumptions below. Export details or save a second scenario to compare your choices.

Formula and method

Severance=weekly pay×min(service years×weeks per year,cap weeks).

Assumptions and limitations

User must supply applicable contract rules; no country age tiers, wage caps, tax or eligibility rules.

Worked example

With eligible weekly pay = 1000, eligible service years = 5, severance weeks per service year = 2, maximum total severance weeks = 20, modeled severance is approximately 10000.

What the result means

A transparent contractual scenario rather than a statutory entitlement decision.

Common questions

How should I interpret modeled severance?

A transparent contractual scenario rather than a statutory entitlement decision.

What should I check before using this result?

User must supply applicable contract rules; no country age tiers, wage caps, tax or eligibility rules.

Methodology and transparency

Calculation specification reviewed on 2026-10-14. Mathematical implementation is tested against independent reference fixtures. This does not imply review by a licensed financial professional. Read the testing and precision policy.