plaintiff:
  - CHENG KWOK WAH (鄭國華)
  - LAI AH LOI (黎亞來)
  - LIU FAT HOI (廖發開)
  - HO CHING HOI (何清海)
  - HSU CHE CHEONG (徐志中)

defendant:
  - LI HING CLEANING SERVICES CO. LIMITED (利興清潔服務有限公司)

case_reason: Claims for severance payments and terminal payments by five claimants (3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, and 11th Claimants) against their employer under the Labour Tribunal Ordinance.

judgment_summary: The Labour Tribunal heard claims from five claimants seeking severance payments and terminal payments from their employer. After trial hearings held between March and June 2012, the Presiding Officer ruled on 13 July 2012 that the claims for severance payments were allowed, awarding amounts ranging from HK$3,003.42 to HK$21,848 to the five claimants, totaling HK$66,918.15. The claims for terminal payments were dismissed. The Defendant applied for review on 6 August 2012, but the application was rejected as no new grounds were presented beyond those already considered and rejected at trial. The Defendant's application for stay of payment-out of the judgment sum was also dismissed, considering the senescent claimants' circumstances and the low prospect of appeal success.

jurisdiction_code: HKLAT

jurisdiction_name: Labour Tribunal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

case_location: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

case_object:
  - Severance payments
  - Terminal payments
  - Employment rights under Labour Tribunal Ordinance

judgment_result:
  - charge: Claims for severance payments
    result: Allowed - HK$13,412.05 to 3rd Claimant, HK$3,003.42 to 4th Claimant, HK$21,848 to 7th Claimant, HK$13,827.86 to 9th Claimant, HK$13,826.82 to 11th Claimant
  - charge: Claims for terminal payments
    result: Dismissed
  - charge: Defendant's application for review
    result: Rejected
  - charge: Defendant's application for stay of payment-out
    result: Dismissed

involved_entities:
  - entity_name: Michelle Lam
    reason: Presiding Officer who heard the case and rendered the decision on review
  - entity_name: Edmund Cham
    reason: Solicitor who vetted the judgment translation
  - entity_name: Judgment Translation Unit of the Judiciary
    reason: Translated the judgment
  - entity_name: Labour Tribunal Ordinance (Cap 25)
    reason: Legislative framework under which the claims were brought and interest calculated under section 39(3)
