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German redundancy severance under KSchG s. 1a — half a month per year

Severance under KSchG s. 1a is 0.5 months' earnings per year of employment. More than six extra months count as a full year; exactly six months do not.

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  • gesetze-im-internet.de — KSchG § 1a Abs. 2 Satz 1 — tax year 2026, verified on September 23, 2026
    Excerpt from the source : « Die Höhe der Abfindung beträgt 0,5 Monatsverdienste für jedes Jahr des Bestehens des Arbeitsverhältnisses. § 10 Abs. 3 gilt entsprechend. »
  • gesetze-im-internet.de — KSchG § 1a Abs. 2 Satz 3 — tax year 2026, verified on September 23, 2026
    Excerpt from the source : « Bei der Ermittlung der Dauer des Arbeitsverhältnisses ist ein Zeitraum von mehr als sechs Monaten auf ein volles Jahr aufzurunden. »

Calculation assumptions

  • Assumes notice for urgent operational reasons that mentions the severance entitlement, and that the employee lets the deadline for bringing a claim pass; whether the Protection against Dismissal Act applies at all is not checked.
  • Monthly earnings are what the employee receives in cash and in kind, at their regular working hours, in the month the employment ends (KSchG s. 10(3)); enter the gross figure.
  • A payment set by the court (KSchG ss. 9 and 10, up to 12, 15 or 18 months' earnings) or freely negotiated is a different case and is not calculated.
  • Gross result: tax and social security treatment of the payment are not calculated. Rounded to the cent.

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