Severance Weeks Per Year
Calculator

The calculator multiplies years of service by a set number of weeks of pay per year (a common formula, like one or two weeks per year), then multiplies that by the employee's weekly pay rate to get a total. Confirm your jurisdiction's or employer's specific formula, since the weeks-per-year multiplier varies widely.

This depends heavily on jurisdiction — some require statutory severance above a minimum tenure or in specific circumstances like mass layoffs, while others leave it entirely to the employment contract or company policy. Check local labor law rather than assuming severance is universally mandatory.

Many formulas prorate partial years — for example, six months of service might count as half a year's worth of severance weeks — though some employers round down to the nearest completed year. Confirm which method applies to your calculation.

Many jurisdictions and company policies cap severance at a maximum number of weeks or months of pay, regardless of how many years of service an employee has. Check whether a cap applies before assuming the linear formula holds for very long tenures.

This varies: some jurisdictions treat notice pay and severance as separate, additive entitlements, while others allow notice pay to be credited against the severance owed. Confirm whether your jurisdiction stacks or offsets the two before adding them together.