Originally Posted by ermen

sure if they are 1/2/3 yrs into their career. but say a 10yr+ veteran? dont know how easy it is for them to change jobs (esp as airline cabin crew)?

i think the final ex-gratia payment would probably come down to
1/ waiving the statutory dollar cap on severance (2/3 monthly pay for every 1 yr worked capped at HK$15k pm) or maybe upping to 1 mth like the banks?
2/ calculating the severance pay based on a higher number (eg highest monthly wage drawn as opposed to last month / average yearly wage)

havent heard of any companies being more generous in HKG?

i think overall the labour system in HKG does function properly - it actually can work in your favour if you wanted to walk out on the job - dont need to serve notice but can "buyout" your notice period.

but seems like the way BA did this was very untactful and not well thought out..