Soft Altitude; my take would be this; 8 months left. Three months in lieu of notice = 3 X monthly pay. That leaves 5 months. 5 X monthly pay & then halve it. So, this 8 months to go guy gets 5.5 X monthly pay. Hey, but my maths reasoning often got me into the poooh. It is still better than nothing and I fear that any monies due would be attacked by the whizzes in HR.Golden handshakes was never the order of the day. Geees, my mate was given a "Ten year Service Certificate" after he had clocked up 15. This was placed in his pigeon hole because he didn't attend the ceremony lunch at the GF club. (They told him about it, ten days after it happened).
Because , like me,he was miserable at 'Doing the math' , he came out of it better off than his own calculation. So, he shot off to the Seef Mall & bought himself his own retirement Breitling. He still wears it, with pride today!