Read the full judgment text of CACV 215/1993 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 July 1994.
1. In December 1991, Tai Hing Cotton Mill Ltd. ("the company") dismissed a number of its employees. They became entitled to various payments from the company. Those payments included severance payments under the Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57) ("the Ordinance"). The amount of a severance payment is calculated by reference to an employee's "wages".